{
  "dataset": "Martin County agriculture and industry: 2022–2025 source snapshot",
  "snapshot_date": "2026-09-19",
  "publisher": "Josh Liljenquist's official website",
  "scope": "Selected county-level farm and covered-employment measures. USDA and Minnesota DEED series remain methodologically distinct.",
  "records": [
    {
      "metric": "farms",
      "value": 823,
      "unit": "farms",
      "reference_year": 2022,
      "source_url": "https://data.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Minnesota/cp27091.pdf",
      "source_class": "USDA Census of Agriculture"
    },
    {
      "metric": "land_in_farms",
      "value": 454025,
      "unit": "acres",
      "reference_year": 2022,
      "source_url": "https://data.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Minnesota/cp27091.pdf",
      "source_class": "USDA Census of Agriculture"
    },
    {
      "metric": "average_farm_size",
      "value": 552,
      "unit": "acres per farm",
      "reference_year": 2022,
      "source_url": "https://data.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Minnesota/cp27091.pdf",
      "source_class": "USDA Census of Agriculture"
    },
    {
      "metric": "market_value_products_sold",
      "value": 943050000,
      "unit": "US dollars",
      "reference_year": 2022,
      "source_url": "https://data.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Minnesota/cp27091.pdf",
      "source_class": "USDA Census of Agriculture"
    },
    {
      "metric": "covered_establishments",
      "value": 713,
      "unit": "establishments",
      "reference_year": 2025,
      "source_url": "https://mn.gov/deed/assets/martin_tcm1045-407664.pdf",
      "source_class": "Minnesota DEED county profile"
    },
    {
      "metric": "covered_employment",
      "value": 8377,
      "unit": "jobs",
      "reference_year": 2025,
      "source_url": "https://mn.gov/deed/assets/martin_tcm1045-407664.pdf",
      "source_class": "Minnesota DEED county profile"
    },
    {
      "metric": "manufacturing_employment",
      "value": 872,
      "unit": "jobs",
      "reference_year": 2025,
      "source_url": "https://mn.gov/deed/assets/martin_tcm1045-407664.pdf",
      "source_class": "Minnesota DEED county profile"
    },
    {
      "metric": "wholesale_trade_employment",
      "value": 807,
      "unit": "jobs",
      "reference_year": 2025,
      "source_url": "https://mn.gov/deed/assets/martin_tcm1045-407664.pdf",
      "source_class": "Minnesota DEED county profile"
    }
  ]
}