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“Twenty years ago, there were 60 dairy farms in Fairfax,” said Robert H. Rawlins of the milk co-op. “Now we have five.” As a result, he noted, the co-op is trucking in milk from farms once thought too distant to be economical.
Worriaome Losses
This loss of farmland affects more than the Covington family tradition or the price of milk in Washington. It’s happening across the country, and it’s something to worry about, a federal study has warned.
As the country builds up and out from its cities, farmland is disappearing at the rate of 3 million acres every year, according to the National Agricultural Lands Study (NALS) released by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and other government agencies.
The annual loss includes 1
91.6%