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acres, or 34 percent of Virginia’s^ total land area.
• In 1992 the agricultural system generated $25.2 billion in sales in almost every sector of the state’s economy.
United States Farms and Farmers:
• There are nearly two million farmers and ranchers in the United States.
• More than 15 percent of the U.S. population is employed in farm or farm-related jobs.
• Farmland accounts for 42 percent of the total land^area in the U.S. The average farm/size is 491 acres. V J
• The tOp-fa® agricultural commodities are: cattle and calves, dairy products, com, soybeans and hogs.
• In the 1960s, one farmer, supplied food for 25.8 people; today, one farmer supplies 129 people.
• U.S. farmers provide 42.7 percent of the world’s production of soybeans and 34.4 percent of the world’s production of com.
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