|
| Table 1. Multiple-operator farms by sales class,
2002 |
|
Item
|
Family farms, by sales class
|
Nonfamily
farms1
(any size)
|
All
farms
|
|
Less than
$10,000
|
$10,000 to
$99,999
|
$100,000 to
$249,999
|
$250,000 to
$499,999
|
$500,000 or more
|
|
Number
|
| Number of farms (and primary
operators) |
1,188,121
|
592,310
|
183,764
|
86,300
|
64,328
|
37,588
|
2,152,412
|
| Total operators (primary and
secondary) |
1,559,511
|
801,382
|
270,579
|
135,785
|
117,278
|
63,565
|
2,948,100
|
| Operators (primary and secondary) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| per farm |
1.3
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
1.6
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
1.4
|
| Multiple-operator
farms2 |
347,928
|
186,698
|
73,724
|
37,291
|
35,571
|
16,987
|
698,200
|
| |
Percent
|
| Multiple-operator farms' share of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All
farms |
29.3
|
31.5
|
40.1
|
43.2
|
55.3
|
45.2
|
32.4
|
| Total value of production |
31.0
|
32.1
|
43.4
|
42.2
|
61.0
|
51.3
|
50.0
|
| |
Number |
| Multiple-generation
farms3 |
24,552
|
28,808
|
13,875
|
9,566
|
8,551
|
1,368
|
86,720
|
| |
Percent |
| Multiple-generation
farms' share of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Multiple-operator
farms |
7.1 |
15.4 |
18.8 |
25.7 |
24.0 |
8.1 |
12.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1Farms organized as nonfamily corporations or cooperatives,
as well as farms operated by hired managers. |
| 2Farms reporting more than 1 operator. |
| 3Farms reporting a difference of at least 25 years between the
ages of the youngest and oldest operators. |
| Source: USDA, 2002 Agricultural
Resource Management Survey (ARMS) |
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