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Perspective: Is this California agriculture's last century?
Author
Steven C. BlankPublication Information
Hilgardia 54(4):23-25. DOI:10.3733/ca.v054n04p23. July 2000.
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Abstract
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California agriculture is the most productive and efficient in the world. Yet it is slowly shrinking. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1997 Census of Agriculture,California had 27,698,779 acres of land in farms in 1997, down 4% from 28,978,997 acres in 1992. The number of farms in the state fell from 77,669 to 74,126 during that period. Also, the number of those full-time farms (receiving all income from the farm) dwindled 2% to 39,267 (USDA 1999). This trend dates back to the 1950s. Why is California's agriculture slowly disappearing?
References
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[USDA] U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1997 Census of Agriculture. 1999. Washington, DC.: www.nass.usda.gov/census/
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