Census of Agriculture
John Phipps has a fundamental issue with the ag census -- it takes far too long. John breaks down his issue with it during John’s World.
The 2017 Census of Agriculture found a 3% decline in the total number of farms in the U.S., and that since the 1997 Ag Census the decline has been 7.8%.
The data was five years in the making. What will it tell us about farms, farming and farmers?
Not only are the numbers of hogs produced in the U.S. growing, so are the number of hog operations.