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by protomolecule 1185 days ago
Well, yes, it got down, but only from 12 mln to 5.5 mln people in agriculture.
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Agriculture is still automating and the population has increased what, 4x since then
The US population increased about 15x in that period and one of the major reasons for that is the increase of productivity in agriculture [0]. Higher productivity created more demand.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution