2 Million Acres Lost Since 1961
Only 32% of Northeast Land Is Farmed
The impact of farmland and tains some of the Nation's lar
farm production on the econo- gest cities,
my of the Northeast Region is Yet a lot of what’s currently
small according to the USDA happening to farmland in the
After all, farmland represents Northeast parallels trends in
•nly 32 per cent of the land other areas
area of the region which con- The 12-State Northeast Re-
1970 State Potato Crop Projected to Drop 5%
Pennsylvania’s potato growers actions to this intentions icpoit.
intend to plant 34,000 acres of The puipose of this report is to
potatoes in 1970, six per cent less assist growers in making such
than a year ago and the smallest changes in their acreage plans as
acreage of lecoid may appear desirable.
During the past 10 years Penn- intended nationwide plantings
sylvanias potato acreage has for late summer and fall potatoes
ranged from 36.000 to 41.000 are estimated at 1.242,700 acres,
acres. Twentj jeats ago, 84,000 two pei . cent more than tbe j
acres were planted The 1965 69 216 / 00 acres planted in 1969 and
average acieage planted was 37.- five cent above the U 81.600
800 acres according to the Penn- acres m 1968
sylvama Crop Reporting Seivice
A 4 per cent inciease from
The Maich 1 intentions may _ , * . , _ . .
or may not materialize depend- 1969 Plantings in both the central
ing on weather conditions at and western regions more than
planting time, current price and offset a 3 per cent reduction in
stocks situation and growei’s re- the eastern region
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gion includes West Virginia and
all Atlantic Const Stales to the
North, plus Vermont. It covers
per cent pasture, 19 per cent
forest and 12 per cent other
lands)
Total land area devoted to
agriculture in the Northeast
averages about 32 per cent of
the total land area, or around
39 million acres The propor
an area of about 128 million
acres, of which around 16 per
cent is cropland. 6 per cent pas
ture, 60 per cent forest, and the
remaining 18 per cent roads,
airports, urban areas, housing
lots, swamps, and wildlife pre
serves
(By contrast, in the five Corn
Belt States about 57 per cent of
the land area is cropland. 12
tion ranges from 13 per cent in
Maine to about 52 per cent in
Delaware
Since 1964 almost two mil
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lion acres of Northeast land
have dropped out of agricul
ture.
In general, the better and of
ten choice, Noitheast farmland
has remained in agriculture
while the marginal land has
shifted to non-farm use
though there are, of course,
many exceptions
Northeastern farm real estate
was valued at $lO 6 billion on
March 1, 1969 Of this, S 3 8 bil
lion, or 36 pei cent, represented
the value of service buildings
and dwellings
The average value per acre
ranged from Sl3O in Maine to
$916 in New Jersey
Over the last decade, land
value increases averaged about
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But farm real estate is gener
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A group of Northeast farm
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