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Prime Farmland

Chart of prime farmland in NRI data

  • The amount of prime farmland in Kentucky has consistently decreased from 1982 to 1997. In 1982 there were nearly 5.96 million acres of prime farmland in the state. In 1997, this has decreased by about 282,600 acres to 5.68 million acres.
  • Most of this decrease in prime farmland acres in Kentucky is due to a change in land use from agricultural to urban development and roads.

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