The 2017 Census of Agriculture shows nearly 78,000 farms in
Ohio, up three percent from the last census in 2012.
Ohio State Statistician Cheryl Turner says small farms saw the biggest increase.
“The number of farms where it really increased is the 1-9-acres and the 10-49 acres- the small farms in the ag urban areas with sales under $10,000,” she says.
Audio: Cheryl Turner, Ohio State Statistician
Turner says the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service did a good job of locating small producers in the latest census.
Continue reading Ohio farm numbers up three percent in census at Brownfield Ag News.
