This report focuses on the irreplaceable loss of each state's share of the nation's prime and unique farmland. Available online at the resource link below.

Sorenson, A. Ann, Richard P. Greene, and Karen Russ. DeKalb, IL: American Farmland Trust Center for Agriculture in the Environment, March 1997

http://www.farmlandinfo.org/documents/29393/Farming_on_the_Edge_2002.pdf