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As of the 2017 census of agriculture, there were 2.04 million farms, covering an area of 900 million acres (1,400,000 sq mi), an average of 441 acres (178 hectares) per farm. [ 2 ] Agriculture in the United States is highly mechanized, with an average of only one farmer or farm laborer required per square kilometer of farmland for agricultural ...
May 2—MOSES LAKE — When it comes to the cost of farming, irrigation — especially in the Columbia Basin — is a cost that has to be factored in and planned for with each acre having a place ...
So planting cover crops on his entire 1,400 acres of row cropland costs $56,000 a year — all to cultivate a crop he can’t sell, although grazing his cows on those cover crops does save him an ...
Arrival in Northwest Indiana In October 1869 the family took legal title to the Chellberg Farm property. On November 1, 1869, the Kjellberg (Chellberg) family took possession of what is known as the Chellberg Farm. John Oherg and Anders Kjellberg represented the family in the purchase of 80 acres (32 ha) from J. H. Wicker. It cost $12.00 per acre.
In agriculture, the yield is a measurement of the amount of a crop grown, or product such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land. The seed ratio is another way of calculating yields. Innovations, such as the use of fertilizer, the creation of better farming tools, new methods of farming and improved crop varieties, have improved ...
The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.
Liz Graznak, center, arranges tomatoes as Happy Hollow Farm workers return empty bins to the trailer before the first customers arrive Sept. 14 at the Columbia Farmers Market.
Indiana is the eighth largest agricultural exporter in the nation, exporting just over $4.6 billion in 2017. Indiana is the tenth largest farming state in the nation. Top 5 commodities (by value of sales) Corn: $3.28 billion Soybeans: $3.08 billion Meat animals: $1.62 billion Poultry and eggs: $1.18 billion Dairy: $750 million