Agricultural Land Use Patterns 1950 - 1997

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Agricultural Land Use Patterns1950 - 1997

• Butler-Cunningham
• Conference on Agriculture
• And the Environment

November 3, 2003
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Alabama Land in Farms

• Farm land accounted for 64 of the states total
  32.5 million acre land area in 1950
• Today, farm land accounts for 27

Source Census of Agriculture
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Harvested Cropland

• Today, it accounts for 6
• Cropland accounted for 18 of total land area in
  1950

Source Census of Agriculture
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Pasture and Rangeland

• Pasture accounted for 32 of total land area in
  1950
• Today, it accounts for 11

Source Census of Agriculture
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Wodland (Not Pastured)

• Woodland on farms accounted for 18 of total
  land area in 1950
• Today, it accounts for 7

Source Census of Agriculture
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Forest Acres

• Forest Acres totaled 24.5 million in 1900
  according to Hartsell and Brown now at about 23
  million (2000)
• Over three-fourths is non-industrial private 16
  private industrial 5 public (state federal)

Source U.S. Forest Service Survey
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Alabama the Beautiful!
The End and Thank You