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As agriculture has evolved in Mississippi, the state is losing its middle class of farmers | News

In the early 1930s, Mississippi had over 300,000 farmers, the most ever recorded for the state in federal census records. The last survey, from 2017, listed just around 55,000.

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Agriculture evolution is killing off the middle class of farmers in Mississippi

“There’s a lot more vulnerability for those farmers when there’s a bad year, so it makes it harder to stay in the game.”

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Mississippi is losing its middle class of farmers

Mississippi went from having over 300,000 farmers in the 1930s just around 55,000 in 2017. How the "middle class" of farmers has been lost.

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Study shows farms on decline, posing risks to future food supply

New research suggests the number of farms around the world could fall from about 616 million in 2020 to just 272 million by the end of the century.

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Grocery store closes, creating food desert in area of Jackson

The closure of a grocery store creates a food desert in one West Jackson neighborhood, affecting hundreds of people.

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