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115 <br /> 2025 Ag Summit Needs Survey <br /> What do farmers see as the critical challenges for their operations? <br /> • Sustainability <br /> • Succession Planning <br /> • Time Management <br /> • Livestock Challenges (disposal of deceased livestock, predators, high cost of veterinary care, profit <br /> margins) <br /> • Technology (what's out there, what's affordable, what's useful) <br /> • Assuring equitable distribution of resources across racial groups <br /> • Changing rules and processes to increase organizational sustainability for for-profits and nonprofits <br /> supporting the ag sector <br /> curs& <br /> • Access to land and credit for farms and food businesses <br /> • Increasing the number of local and regional government personnel who support the local food system =rte` <br /> rORA0NGE"' IY <br /> COUM - <br /> •2025- <br />