1. Agricultural Land Use Patterns 1950 - 1997
Butler-Cunningham
Conference on Agriculture
And the Environment
November 3, 2003

2. Alabama Land in Farms
Farm land accounted for 64 % of the state’s total 32.5 million acre land area in 1950
Today, farm land accounts for 27%
Source: Census of Agriculture

8. Harvested Cropland Today, it accounts for 6 %
Cropland accounted for 18 % of total land area in 1950
Source: Census of Agriculture

12. Pasture and Rangeland
Pasture accounted for 32 % of total land area in 1950
Today, it accounts for 11 %
Source: Census of Agriculture

16. Wodland (Not Pastured)
Woodland on farms accounted for 18 % of total land area in 1950
Today, it accounts for 7 %
Source: Census of Agriculture

18. Forest Acres
Forest Acres totaled 24.5 million in 1900; according to Hartsell and Brown now at about 23 million (2000)
Over three-fourths is non-industrial private; 16% private industrial; 5% public (state & federal)
                                                                      
Source: U.S. Forest Service Survey

24. Alabama the Beautiful!
The End and Thank You