Farm counts and acreage slide as U.S. farms shrink
U.S. farm numbers fell 1 percent to 2.04 million, and farmed land dropped to 975 million acres in 1994, per Agriculture Department estimates as of June 1. Average farm size rose to 478 acres while Texas again leads in both farm numbers and total acreage. New Jersey gained farms, several states lost farms, and overall sales totals shifted across farm size classes.
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Hog surge in NC could topple tobacco as top cash crop
In Zebulon and across North Carolina hogs are rising as the state’s leading cash commodity, potentially surpassing tobacco. Officials note shifting farm plans, with about 8,000 hog farmers vs 15,000 tobacco farmers, a 60 percent hog-growth forecast, and NC ranking second nationally with 6.4 million hogs behind Iowa’s 15 million.
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Immigrant gardener grows 19 foot Croatian cabbage in San Francisco
In San Francisco Peter Pericich nurtures a Croatian cabbage that grew from six inches to nineteen feet. He waters with homemade wine weekly, buries leaves near the roots, and plants garlic around the stalk. The giant plant feeds his family and neighbors with plentiful dishes.
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North Carolina Farm Markets Report August 10 1994
Agricultural price sheet from the North Carolina market network lists hogs steady to 1.50 lower with regional live and grade yields, cattle and hogs at multiple auctions including Kinston Spivey Corner Wilson Robersonville Siler Clinton Fayetteville Dunn Pink Hill Pine Level Chadbourn Ayden Laurinburg and Benson. State and western markets report a wide range of slaughter cows heifers steers and bulls with various price bands, plus state farm market prices for apples greens cucumbers watermelons and eggs. Local farmer cooperatives and market notes include Raleigh Asheville and several NC towns with wholesale and farm prices for apples beans berries and other produce.
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