America's Diverse Family Farms: 2014 Edition

Robert Hoppe andJames M. MacDonald

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Family farms;    farm businesses;    farm financial performance;    farm-operator household income and wealth;    farm operators;    farm structure;    farm typology;    Federal crop insurance;    Government payments;    limited-resource farms;    small farms;    tenure;   

RP-ID  :  EIB-133

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Farming is still an industry of family businesses. Ninety-seven percent of farms are family farms, and they account for 85 percent of farm production. Small farms make up 90 percent of the farm count and operate half of the Nation's farmland. Most farm production, however, occurs on midsize and large-scale family farms.