Neil Young performs during the Farm Aid concert on Saturday Sept. 21, 2024, at SPAC in Saratoga, NY. The first Farm Aid concert was held in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise money to help keep farm families on their land. Over the years, the effort by rock stars has raised nearly $80 million.

Here are the 12 best takeaways from Willie Nelson's 39th annual Farm Aid festival in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Saturday (Sept. 21).

Willie Nelson has been hosting Farm Aid for almost 40 years. Now considered the longest-running concert for a cause, the event this year was headlined by Nelson in Saratoga Springs, New York, along with Neil Young,