Well, this is interesting, because around me, quite a bit of land is being cleared and turned (turned back?) into cropland. All except for what was the field across the road which has been turned into storage & pre-shipment processing (5 silos, the 5th built a month ago - dang, those go up fast. The 1st 4 went up 2 summers ago, IIRC.) Corn, barley, and soybeans.
This activity seems to be mostly two large local family-operated farms, one of which is run by a fellow I’d guess is in his mid-late 40’s. BIG new house down the road from us. Quite a bit of equipment is based in “out buildings” and barns there too, although two big shelters protect equipment and / or trucks across the road from us too.
Almost all the uncultivated* land in this region is in parks, refuges, preserves, private woodlots, or National Forests.
*Mostly forested, with some harvesting in the woodlots & National Forests.
I’d also add that since 1981, in my area quite a bit of private land has gone to parks, refuges, preserves, private woodlots, or National Forests.