If you look at the definitions in the report, CRP (and WRP) land is actually included in the calculation of land being farmed. Planting from year to year (and fallow land) doesn’t factor into it. In addition, barnyard and grazing land is all included if it’s considered to be part of a farming operation. With all of…

Ria, you have to stop. You don’t even read the USDA reports that you link to, and you appear have no understanding AT ALL of the subject matter. This isn’t a trend that started 10 years ago, it’s a trend that started in the 1850s. In 1870 the average size of a farm in the US was 153 acres, in 1940 it was 175, in 1970…