US Ag census 2012

[fjlip]

Interesting...Over the past five years, the average farmland loss rate in the U.S. was equal to:

5 million acres per year.
4,000 acres per day.
172 acres per hour.
8 acres per minute.

Urban expansion I presume.

[freewheat]

Funny cuz over on agtalk all they do down there is seed former crp land. I wonder if this is included?

[burnt]

Is that metric calculations or what?

Do the math...

[fjlip]

Here is the link,
http://www.farms.com/ExpertsCommentary/8-trends-shaping-the-future-of-agriculture-83638.aspx
If their math is that screwed up, perhaps the whole census is garbage!

[Oliver88]

It doesn't seem hard to believe based on how cities grow, recreation property grow, acreages, farmyards get bigger, airports, highways, reservoirs, etc.
Just look at Saskatoon!

(It looks like they punched in a wrong number for breaking down the smaller units.)

5 million acres per year
13698 acres per day
571 acres per hour
9.5 acres per minute