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Agriculture
5:38 pm
Thu November 29, 2012

In the ag census even the smallest farms count

Credit Grant Gerlock / Harvest Public Media
A head of broccoli ready to be picked in late November at Jones Produce near Crete, Neb.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture updates its ag census every five years and is preparing to send farmers new surveys in December. One trend to watch is the growing number of small farms. They are easy to miss and some would rather not be counted.

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