Farms in the U.S. continued to get larger and the number of farms fell between 2017 and 2022, new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed on Tuesday.
Number of US farms falls and size increases, census shows
Number of acres in production falls by 20 million
Over half Canada’s farm revenue now goes to biggest farms, census finds
More women operators, more sustainable practices, more growing under glass
While it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the number of larger farms by sales in Canada is rising and the number of smaller farms is declining, Canada’s newest ag census also shows larger farm classes now capturing the majority of total ag revenue. Statistics Canada on Wednesday began releasing data from its 2021 Census of Agriculture, […] Read more
Rural population inches up in latest census, but not in Alberta
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rural Albertans have fewer neighbours than they did six years ago. And if you’re wondering where they went, you might want to check out Airdrie and Cochrane as well as the province’s big cities. That’s — sort of — the upshot from recently released census data. Rural Canada actually gained nearly 27,000 new residents from […] Read more
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