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Originally Posted by Heirloom gard
Land space shrunk in the farm, people moved into urban areas. Few people today have the space to grow patato's on a large scale.
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Yes land use for potatoes shrunk from 3,000,000 acres to 1,000,000 acres, but production when up from 9,000,000 pounds to 19,000,000 pounds which is a 6 fold increase in pounds per acre.