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Rural residence cow-calf farms in 2018 mostly raised beef cattle through the cow-calf phase only and received most of the farm’s production value through cattle production

Bar chart showing percent shares of rural residence, intermediate, and commercial producers who raised beef cattle through the cow-calf phase only and the percentage of total farm production value within each category.

Although other farms in other agricultural sectors are growing larger, a high percentage of cow-calf farms remains small in scale. USDA, Economic Research Service research indicates cow-calf farming continues to be attractive to farmers for whom lifestyle is a primary motivator for farming.

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