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USDA fudging the numbers

The Ethicurean found this 2/23/2009 on gristmill.grist.org

By Tom Laskawy Are there more small farms or not? Everyone from Reuters to the NYT has documented what appears to be an increase in the number of small farms in the U.S. But blogging ag economist and former USDA Economic Research Service researcher, Michael Roberts disagrees . According to ...