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Changes in Cultivated and Non-cultivated Colorado Cropland [by acres] Between 1982 and 1997

Bar graph shows downward trend in cultivated cropland: 9416000 acres in 1982, and 7642000 acres in 1997

This graph shows that in 1982 Colorado had 10,603,500 acres of cropland. By 1997, approximately 1,834,000 acres were taken out of production. Most of the withdrawn acreage went into the Conservation Reserve Program.

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