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USDA Changes Farm Count Method Sparks Debate
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department adopts a new $1,000 annual sales definition for farms, potentially reducing counted farms in 1979. The Census Bureau will apply the new standard next week while still tabulating all farms. The shift inflates average farm size to about 450 acres and reduces total farm land to about 1.05 billion acres.
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