Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In 2017, the year the previous report covered, the country had 2,042,220 farms. In that same span, the number of farmed acres dropped from almost 900 million acres to 880 million—a loss in area the size of all the New England states, minus Connecticut, Vilsack noted. The farm then creates a second source of income.”

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Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 83

Food Tank

APRIL 29, 2024

That’s why less than 10 percent of farms still have animals. Previously, it was cost-effective for farmers to graze their cattle or grow their own feed. Meanwhile, Black ownership of farmland has declined significantly, from 16–19 million acres in 1910 to fewer than 3 million today.

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Family Farming Farming Farming Acre 68

Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How can we best understand and relate to the farmer protests which are going on all over Europe, including down the road from our farm in West Wales? This is typical of quite a large number of farmers around here. He asked me, “What is your take on the protests?”

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