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[–]killerjavi98 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In the US farmers make up 1.3% of the labor workforce.

[–]FarmerGD 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It keeps decreasing because only massive farms can be profitable under the industrial model. Any small farmers are squeezed out of business. At the turn of the 20th century, 50% of the population farmed. Along came urbanization, convenience, and heavy industry, and you get the current situation of few people owning vast swaths of land.