Selected Charts From
Structural
and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms:
2001
Family Farm Report.
Robert
A. Hoppe, editor
Resource Economics Division
Economic Research Service, USDA
Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 768 May01
List of charts
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Distribution of Farms and Farm Product Sales, by business organization, 1978-97
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Share of Farms and Value of Production by Farm Typology Group, 1998
1. Distribution
of Farms and Farm Product Sales, by business organization, 1978-97
Most farms are sole proprietorships
1/ includes non-family
corporations, cooperatives, estates, and institutional farms.
Source: Census of Agriculture, various years
2. Off-Farm
Work of Operator and Spouse, 1996
In over half of farm households, either the operator or the spouse (or both)
work off-farm
Note: Classification
is based on off-farm work by operator and spouse only. Work by other household
members is not considered.
Source: USDA, ERS, 1996 Agriculture Resource Management Study, version 1
3. Number
of Family Farms by Tenure, 1910-1997
Full owners and tenants account for most of the decline in farms.
Source: Census of Agriculture, various years.
4. Number
of Farms and Acres per Farm 1850-1997
The number of farms has decreased since 1935, while the size of farms has
increased
Source: Census of Agriculture, various years.
5. Net
Farm Income, 1990-98
Net cash income was about average in 1998
Source: USDA, ERS, Economic indicators of the Farm Sector
6. Share
of Farms and Value of Production by Farm Typology Group, 1998
Large and very large family farms account for 52% of the value of production
USDA, ERS, 1998 Agriculture Resource Management Study, version 1
Farm Typology Group Definitions
Small Family Farms
(sales less than $250,000)
Other Farms
•
Limited-resource farms. Small farms with sales less than $100,000, farm assets less than $150,000, and total operator household income less than $20,000. Operators may report any major occupation, except hired manager.• Retirement farms. Small farms whose operators report they are retired.*
• Residential/lifestyle farms. Small farms whose operators report a major occupation other than farming.*
• Farming-occupation farms. Small farms whose operators report farming as their major occupation.*
• Low-sales farms. Sales less than $100,000.
• High-sales farms. Sales between $100,000 and $249,999.
• Large family farms. Sales between $250,000 and $499,999.
• Very large family farms. Sales of $500,000 or more.
• Nonfamily farms. Farms organized as nonfamily corporations or cooperatives, as well as farms operated by hired managers.
*Excludes limited-resource farms whose operators report this occupation.
source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/so/view.asp?f=livestock/ldp-mbb/ 4jun01
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