This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and map in the Economic Research Service report "Participation in Conservation Programs by Targeted Farmers:  Beginning, Limited-Resource, and Socially Disadvantaged Operators' Enrollment Trends" (EIB-62), published in December 2009. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. 
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File name	Description

(fig01.png)	Figure 1 - Distribution of selected farmer types and highly erodible cropland, by county 
(fig02.png)	Figure 2 - Farms operated by targeted farmers and ranchers 
(fig03.png)	Figure 3 - Share of total farms and production, by operator status 
(fig04.png)	Figure 4 - Share of farms, acres operated, and participation in EQIP, by producer type
(fig05.png)	Figure 5 - Share of farms, acres operated, and CRP or WRP participation, by producer type 
(fig06.png)	Figure 6 - Beginning farmers in the farm population and as a share of EQIP contracts, by region
(fig07.png)	Figure 7 - Limited-resource farmers in the farm population and as a share of EQIP contracts, 
			   by region 
(fig08.png)	Figure 8 - Beginning farmers/ranchers as a share of farm population and CRP/WRP participants, 
			   by region
(fig09.png)	Figure 9 - Limited-resource and socially disadvantaged farmers as a share of farm population 
			   and CRP/WRP participants, by region 
(fig10.png)	Figure 10 - Types of practices implemented in EQIP, by beginning farmer status, 2006
 

	

