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Author Question: How rapidly is farmland being converted to nonfarm use in the United States? What will be an ... (Read 21 times)

mckennatimberlake

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on: Jul 21, 2018
How rapidly is farmland being converted to nonfarm use in the United States?
 
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Question 2

Why is prime farmland so often converted to nonfarm use?
 
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Question 3

What is the total land area of the United States? Of that, how much land is currently being used for crop production?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Each year, 1 million acres of prime farmland and 2 million acres of lesser-quality farmland are taken for nonfarm
use. That works out to about 4 square miles of prime farmland and 8 square miles of marginal farmland lost each
dayor about 960 total acres per hour.



Answer to Question 2

The best land for farming is often also the best land for housing, industrial, and commercial development

Answer to Question 3

There are about 2.3 billion acres of land in the United States. Of that, only about 385 million acres are planted
to crops each year.



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