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By Lisa M. Chappell | 9:01 a.m., Oct. 10, 2017
Farmers in the Midwest have been experiencing declining sales because of a shortage of soil, according to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The number of farmers who don’t make enough to survive has also been declining in the past year due to fewer farms expanding into the market, according to Pew.
But many more aren’t making enough to survive in the short-term because they’re going through a difficult time of transition, said Dan Kowalnik, communications director for Pew.
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Pew analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the period of July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Farm-to-table stores opened in 2014, and they made up 2.6 percent of U.S. farms.
“We had a pretty steady decline in the number of farms opening in the second quarter of this year,” said Mark Witten한게임 포커burger, senior analyst with Pew. “We’re down about 8 percent. That’s just kind of like a dip in the bucket, and that’s still very much on the decline.”
About half of the decline in total sales over this period (19 percent) could have been caused by an increase in competitors coming onto the market, such as more competitive prices and larger markets, according to data from Pew.
“What’s happening is there’s more competition. Many of the small business owners are choosing to compete. Many of the smaller businesses are switching to competitive markets because they see the prices going down. Many of the larger competitor
