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title: "How is it that crop yields increased in the decades after World War ll despite the number of farms decreasing?"  
description: "How is it that crop yields increased in the decades after World War ll despite the number of farms decreasing?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43136/how-is-it-that-crop-yields-increased-in-the-decades-after-world-war-ll-despite-the-number-of-farms-decreasing  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How is it that crop yields increased in the decades after World War ll despite the number of farms decreasing?

How is it that [crop](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32258/under-whose-chairmanship-a-regional-project-on-climate-resilience-building-among-farmers-through-crop-residue-management-has-launched) yields increased in the decades after [World War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) ll despite the number of farms decreasing?\
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