America's Diverse Family Farms, 2016 Edition

Robert Hoppe andJames M. MacDonald

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: family farms;    small farms;    retirement farms;    farm household income;    crop insurance;    government payments;   

RP-ID  :  EIB-164

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Family farms comprise 99 percent of U.S. farms, accounting for 89 percent of production. Small farms make up 90 percent of farms, operating nearly half of farmland. Still, large family farms accounted for 42 percent of production in 2015.