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| + | *The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that we have over a billion acres of agricultural lands, but we use only about 375 million acres to grow crops. The number of acres in crop production has declined because per-acre agricultural yields have grown faster than our population. [http://americandreamcoalition.org/openspace/openspace.html] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:09, December 27, 2009
A crop refers to any plant that is grown in large quantities to be harvested as food, animal fodder, or for any other economic purpose.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that we have over a billion acres of agricultural lands, but we use only about 375 million acres to grow crops. The number of acres in crop production has declined because per-acre agricultural yields have grown faster than our population. [1]
