Source: Mario Parker, BLOOMBERG, 4/11/19


The number of U.S. farms that are either very big or pretty small grew during a period when agriculture incomes fell 22 percent, pressuring mid-sized growers whose debt skyrocketed. The first new U.S. agricultural census since 2012, released Thursday, offers a peek at America’s farming community in the five years ending in 2017, confirming that a decade-long trend of consolidation isn’t abating.

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