On February 13 th the USDA released the 2022 Census of Agriculture providing data about 1.9 million US farms being operated by 3.37 million agricultural “producers.” The detailed statistics and trends ...
Workers set hemp clones at a farm in Owen County, Ky., on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Kentucky had 69,425 farms in 2022, down from 75,966 in 2017 and 86,541 in the 2002 census. Ryan C. Hermens ...
Across the country, the US has lost both farms and farmland, according to the latest data from the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture, released this week. (The census is taken every five years, and USDA ...