Why America Is Running Out of Farmers — And Groceries Won't Get Cheaper in 2027

America lost 15,000 farms in 2025, and the farmers left average 58. Does that mean groceries won't get cheaper in 2027? The number: USDA counted 1.865 million farms in 2025, down from just over 2 million in 2018. USDA's farm count keeps falling, and the average farmer is getting older. This video follows the numbers to see who is actually leaving, what is happening to the land, and what it means for your grocery bill. We look at USDA's 2027 food price forecast, how little of each food dollar reaches the farm, why farm bankruptcies are rising, and the one number about farmland that explains why it is so hard to start farming. Next to watch: the September consumer price report in mid-October and USDA's next food price update in late October. Chapters 00:00 15,000 farms gone 00:38 The count (and a warning) 01:11 Who actually left 01:52 Where did the land go? 02:21 Fewer, bigger farms 03:15 The age problem 04:13 Why farms quit 05:35 Starting out: the math 06:09 Do fewer farms raise grocery prices? 06:47 USDA's 2027 forecast 07:20 Beef up, eggs down 08:17 Who pays 09:02 To be fair 09:36 The number I promised 10:28 So are we running out of farmers? Sources USDA NASS, "Farms and Land in Farms 2025 Summary", February 2026 USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture highlights, "Farm Producers", February 2024 USDA ERS, "Food Price Outlook - Summary Findings", September 25, 2026 USDA ERS Food Dollar Series (2024 data), via American Farm Bureau Federation, "Farmers Receive Less Than 6 Cents of the Food Dollar", March 2026 USDA NASS, "Land Values 2026 Summary", July 2026, via DTN USDA NASS and ERS, 2024 Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) survey, via American Farmland Trust fact sheet, 2026 American Enterprise Institute, "In farming, age is just a (wrong) number", via The Fern DTN, "US Agriculture Loses 15,000 Farms in 2025", February 17, 2026 Pro Farmer, "Number of farms in U.S. continues slow decline", February 2026 Farm Policy News (University of Illinois), "Farm Bankruptcies Hit Six-Year High in April", 2026 Minnesota Reformer, "Minnesota led the nation in farm bankruptcies in the first quarter", May 26, 2026 RFD-TV, "Larger Loans, Rising Bankruptcy: USDA Aid Coming, but Losses Continue to Outpace Relief", 2026 Farmers Weekly, "How US farmers are faring in 2026", 2026 Adams and Reese, "Rising Farm Distress: Preparing for Increased Agriculture Bankruptcies in 2026-2027", March 2026 Field & Market: US farm markets, explained for the people who pay the grocery bill. This video is for information and entertainment, not financial advice. #GroceryPrices #FarmEconomy #FieldAndMarket