Structural and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms, 1995: 20th Annual Family Farm Report to Congress

Judith E. Sommer, Robert A. Hoppe, Robert C. Green and Penelope J. Korb

No 33620, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: National average statistics related to farm production mask the diversity in the Nation's 2 million farms and the people who operate them. Farms in the United States differ not only by size (sales and acres) and type of production, but also by organizational characteristics (land ownership, legal organization, contracting arrangements) and financial characteristics (debt, assets, income, expenditures). Farm operators and their households vary with respect to demographic characteristics (occupation, age, education), financial characteristics (dependence on farm income, operator/spouse labor allocation), and management characteristics (information sources, business goals).

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 118
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33620

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