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

Judith E. Sommer , Robert Hoppe , Robert Green , and Penni Korb

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Farm structure;    farm income;    financial performance;    farm management;    farm business;    government payments;    farm loans;    computer use;    minority farmers;    female farm operators;    farm operator household;    family farm;    small farm;   

RP-ID  :  AIB-746

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

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).