According to the 2021 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Iowa had 84,900 farms taking up 30.5 million acres of land and an average farm size of 359 acres.[4] The state of Iowa also has a large manufacturing sector that includes food processing, heavy machinery, and the making of...
The transition from an agricultural economy to a mixed economy happened slowly. The Great Depression and World War II accelerated the shift away from smallholder farming to larger farms, and began a trend of urbanization. The period after World War II witnessed a particular increase in manufacturing...