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Farm Structure: Questions and Answers

 

Average government payments and off-farm income, by sales class, 1999    
Off-farm income is larger than government payments, for smaller farms.    
  
Off-farm
earnings
Government
payments
Less than $10,000 65,987 386
$10,000 to $49,999 58,362 3,637
$50,000 to $99,000 47,708 10,789
$100,000 to $249,999 31,874 21,581
$250,000 to $499,999 34,598 41,033
$500,000 or more 35,572 58,650

 

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Updated date: June 10, 2002