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of those “potential farm acres could be converted simply by beginning tillage, with the soils requiring little or no protection from erosion. An additional 54 million acres would require “soil and water management” to prevent erosion and sedimentation or to dispose of unwanted water. Another 33 million acres “pose more serious erosion hazards and water disposal problems and would cost more to convert. ”
Furthermore, the agency’s latest estimate of “convertible land” is considerably lower than previous estimates, which have run as high as 266 million acres.
AND finally, the agency also found that about two million acres of farmland are being “irreversibly” lost each
95.3%