AdvertisementHigh Costs Make It Harder To Grow Young FarmersSeptember 23, 2011Clay MastersfacebookEmailAustin Bruns, 25, watches as harvesters bring in corn crops on fields near his hometown of Beaver Crossing, Neb. Bruns currently rents land and would prefer to own, but banks aren't lending to high-risk new farmers. (Clay Masters for NPR)