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27 October
5:37 pm

We've lost ten thousand [family farms] in the past twenty years

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Zach Lahn, at Iowa Governor General Election Debate (KCRG / The Gazette)

5:37 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific numerical claim about farm loss in Iowa over a defined time period — verifiable against USDA census of agriculture data
What we foundUSDA Census of Agriculture data shows Iowa lost roughly 3,600–4,000 total farms over the past 20 years, not 10,000.
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