U.S. Farming Growing, Becoming More Diverse

INTRO: The just released U-S-D-A Census of Agriculture shows a growing and more
diverse farm population in the United States. The USDAs Bob Ellison has more. (1:46)
THE NUMBER OF FARMS HAS INCREASED BY FOUR PERCENT IN THE U-S
SINCE TWO THOUSAND TWO ACCORDING TO THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURES FIVE YEAR CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE. THE TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN CENSUS CONDUCTED BY U-S-D-AS NATIONAL
AGRICULTURE STATISTICS SERVICE SHOWS AN INCREASE OF SEVENTY
FOUR THOUSAND SMALL FARMS IN THE U-S.
Tom Vilsack, Agriculture Secretary: I think it is a reflection of the farm programs that we
have instituted at USDA at the direction of Congress to encourage organic farming, to
encourage conservation practices, to look at ways in which farmers can be more
productive with the their land
AS FOR LARGE FARMS, THE CENSUS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF FORTY SIX
THOUSAND. VILSACK NOTED THE INCREASE AND RISK IN LARGE-SCALE,
PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE.
Vilsack: About five percent of farmers in this country produce about seventy five percent
of the crops and commodities we grow.
Far too few Americans fully appreciate and understand the difficult challenges, the hard
work, the financial risk thats involved in production agriculture.
THE CENSUS ALSO SHOWED THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF U-S
AGRICULTURE WITH THE NUMBERS OF WOMEN AND MINORITY FARMERS
INCREASING. VILSACK SAID THIS IN PART REFLECTED IMPROVED U-S-D-A
OUTREACH EFFORTS.
Vilsack: That people of all colors, of all cultures, of all persuasions from all geographic
areas of this country ought to be participating and ought to be able to join this rural
opportunity.
FOR MORE CENSUS RESULTS GO TO AG CENSUS DOT U-S-D-A DOT GOV.
IN WASHINGTON FOR THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, IM BOB
ELLISON.

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• USDA
• agriculture
• census
• diverse
• farming
• farm program
• organic farming
• production agriculture

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