National Ag Statistics Service breaks down the latest findings from the 2022 Census of Agriculture

The 2022 Census of Agriculture is officially out, showing 1.9 million farms and ranches nationwide, which is down 7 percent from the last check in 2017.
Despite the drop, data does show America’s producers are doing more!

Ginger Harris with USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service spoke with RFD-TV’s own Tammi Arender if that was something they were expecting, resources, women in ag, and anything new discovered.

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