There are 145,156 farms operated by women in the United States. What one acre of land can produce.
Farmers are stewards of the land Each year billions of trees are seeded on farmland.
Farmers use reduced tillage practices on 100 million acres and 26 million acres are farmed in narrow strips to prevent erosion. In 1994, farmers had placed 36.4 million acres of their land in reserve to protect the environment and provide habitat for wildlife. U.S. farmers maintain 170,000 miles of windbreaks and 1.3 million acres of grass waterways.