Big farms – and small farms

Big farms – and small farms – are growing

Agricultural census watchers have seen farm numbers dwindle ever since the 1940s. They fell from almost 247,000 in 2001 to about 193,500 in 2016, when the last census was taken (it’s taken every five years). It was alarming to see the country lose more than 50,000 farms in just 15 years. Meanwhile,