Land in U.S. farms has declined by 75 million acres over the past 25 years with pastureland making up the majority of those losses. It comes following a pivotal change in U.S. ag policy that took place in the 1996 Farm Bill.
Dr. Gary Schnitkey with the University of Illinois spoke with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander on the drop in farmland, contributing factors, and if these trends will continue.