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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 20, 2024
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.
The value of the U.S. industrial hemp crop in 2021 was $824 million, the National Agricultural Statistics Service said in its first report on the cannabis crop that was legalized in the 2018 farm bill.
