The number of principal operators who oversee daily farm operations dropped by more than 4% between 2007 and 2012, to about 2.1 million, according to the most recent agriculture census.
Sales from continuing operations dropped 8percentt for the 12 months ended March 31 to £4.3 billion ($7.1 billion).
Ford's third-quarter profit from continuing operations dropped 16percentt, in line with analysts' estimates.
Profit from operations dropped to $207.6 million, or 33 cents a share, from $279.2 million, or 44 cents.
The company said last week that its funds from operations dropped by 27.5percentt in the third quarter, versus the period last year.
Profit from operations dropped to $179 million, or $1.33 a share, from $201 million, or $1.31 a share, a year earlier.
Ford's third-quarter profit from continuing operations dropped 16percentto to $994 million, compared with $1.19 billion in the 1999 period.
(It also found that the number of American Muslims found or suspected to be part of terror operations dropped substantially in 2010).
Profit from operations dropped to $200 million, or 68 cents a share, compared with $403 million, or $1.27 a share, in the period a year earlier.
For a few months in 2004, after two mortar shells damaged the buildings, the number of operations dropped to fewer than 20.
