This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Exploring Alternative Farm Definitions: Implications for Agricultural Statistics and Program Eligibility" (EIB-49), published in March 2009. The content and context of these files is as of the publication 
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The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.



File name		Description

(fig01.png)		Figure 1 - Distribution of farms and agricultural sales, 2006
(fig02.png)		Figure 2 - Percent of sales and expenses by sales class, 2006
(fig03.png)		Figure 3 - Principal operator's reported occupation and labor hours, 2006
(fig04.png)		Figure 4 - Off-farm income, 2006
(fig05.png)		Figure 5 - Household reliance on farm income, 2006
(fig06.png)		Figure 6 - Acres operated, 2006
(fig07.png)		Figure 7 - Government payments, 2006
(fig08.png)		Figure 8 - Image is omitted -- not a chart
(fig09.png)		Figure 9 - The effect of changing the farm definition on State shares of all U.S farms
(fig10.png)		Figure 10 - The effect of changing the farm definition on State shares of the U.S. farm population
(fig11.png)		Figure 11 - How many farms were nonfamily farms in 2006?
(fig12.png)		Figure 12 - Family farms defined under different criteria, 2006
(fig13.png)		Figure 13 - Percent of U.S. family farms and sales that become ineligible for Federal assistance, by screen and definition