Number of Farms

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
NF
Pronunciation
/ˈnəmbər əv fɑrmz/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Farming & Agriculture

Examples in Context

  1. But the last Agricultural Census in 2007 showed a 4 percent increase in the number of farms, the first increase since 1920, and some college graduates are joining in the return to the land.
  2. The number of farms has continued to plummet.
  3. Based on improve the HOV model, the results show, the number of large-scale farms and slaughter capacity will decline in the region with strict environmental regulation, and decrease in the number of farms is greater than the decrease of slaughter.
  4. There are power plants of all types, all across the country, including an increasing number of wind farms, Shatkin notes.
  5. Wind farm operators have benefited from falling prices of wind turbines, although concerns remain about the number of wind farms standing idle in China because of the inability of the electrical grid to keep up with the rapid build-up of farms.

Other meanings of NF