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Ag Census finds fewer farms, older producers

02/13/24 1:41 PM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS ag census bioproducts climate-smart commodities farm income farmer age farmland acreage Hubert Hamer NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service Vilsack

The number of farms in the U.S. fell 7% over five years to about 1.9 million in 2022, and the average age of U.S. farmers rose slightly to 58.1, according to the latest Census of Agriculture. 


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