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Family Farms Flourish in Sweet Grown Alabama

January 09, 2020 Cynthia Price, Alabama State Statistician, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service

Families are the cornerstone of agriculture in Alabama (PDF, 947 KB) where 97% of farms counted in the recent 2017 Census of Agriculture are family owned. Although the number of farms in Alabama decreased 6% from 2012, the average size of farms increased 3%, mirroring a trend seen in states across...

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