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Pennsylvania leads the nation in the number of farms preserved.

Also on the program: Advocacy group urges greater effort to preserve local farmland

The authors concluded the state’s total farmland acreage declined by six percent, since previous census data was collected in 2012. The trends could lead to less food produced in Pennsylvania and limited open land for environmental protection.

Agriculture accounts for 18 percent of the state’s economy, but it faces serious challenges.