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Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2007 National Resources Inventory story of our nation’s farm and ranch land loss in numbers. The 2007 National Resource Inventory is the most comprehensive natural resource database in the United States—tracking conditions and trends on non-federal land from 1982 to 2007. The analysis behind these graphics was conducted by Continue reading Farmland By the Numbers! A recent article in the Omaha World Herald, “Food Demand Drives Farmland Prices,” brings into focus the fragility of what to many is our nation’s limitless agricultural land base. In the article, J.B.Penn, chief economist for farm equipment maker Deere & Co., notes with the world population expected to grow by 50 percent by 2050, Continue reading 30 Years and Counting… There was a time when talking about the actual growing of food as a reason to protect farmland from sprawling development garnered little attention. To be sure it was always on the list, but values such as wildlife habitat, scenic views, open space and cultural heritage often energized support for protecting farmland much more than Continue reading Farmland and Food: Re-Connected Here’s the bad news. According to the recently released National Resource Inventory, or NRI about 7.5 million U.S. acres were developed between 2002 and 2007. More than half of the land lost is “agricultural land” (cropland, CRP land, pastureland and rangeland)—land that is readily available for agricultural production. And roughly 30 percent of the land Continue reading The 2007 NRI: Bad News, Good Data |
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