The average farmer is now 58 in the US and 67.7 in Japan, and most have no written plan. Before you sell a single acre, see what the numbers mean and how older farmers earn from visitors while keeping their land.

When your back and knees can't do heavy farm work any more, you don't have to quit or sell. Here are the visitor incomes that need the least lifting, seven real farms that made the switch, and how to turn visitor money into retirement income while you keep the land.