Source: FARM DOC DAILY, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 9/8/21


US crop agriculture is on an evolutionary path to fewer acres. Supporting evidence is discussed. This path points to an important strategic question for both the US and US agriculture: “Is yield enhancing research sufficient to maintain the current size of the US crop sector?” With one exception, the data in this article are from the US Census of Agriculture. The exception is conservation program acres in 1969. They are from Agricultural Statistics because the 1969 Census did not report conservation program acres as a separate category.

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