Tag Archives: Farm Land

Loss of farmland: What does it mean?

April 30, 2009 7 Comments

The just-released U.S. Census of Agriculture reported a decline in farmland acres from about 938.3 million in 2002 to about 922.1 million in 2007, a loss of 0.017 percent.

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Is migrant wealth replacing local work in the countryside?

January 31, 2008 0 Comments

Most of America’s land today is still rural. And 200 years ago, most Americans were family farmers on family…

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