Young rancher seizes opportunity to put down roots of his own

For the first 25 years of Daniel Hayden’s life, he has dedicated his time working on other people’s farms. He fed cows, cut hay, hauled tobacco and for the past five years, managed his parents’  farm operation. But he never had his own farm. That all changed last year. The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, funded in the 2008 and 2014 Farm Bills have awarded $90 million in grants to organizations in 48 states between 2009 and 2015 to support beginning farmers. Read more at USDA…