: Critics of this trend argue that "socially responsible" farmland investment often acts as a public relations exercise that benefits elite investors rather than local farming communities. 3. Historical Farming in County Down
The published a report titled "Down on the Farm – Wall Street: America's New Farmer" in 2014, exploring the trend of "land grabbing" by institutional investors. down_on_the_farm
: It documents the 1938 debut of the Ferguson tractor, which revolutionized farming with its three-point linkage system. : Critics of this trend argue that "socially
: The archive notes a sharp decline in potato cultivation after WWII; acreage in County Down dropped from 42,674 acres in 1945 to 19,262 acres by 1959. 674 acres in 1945 to 19