America’s Diverse Family Farms: 2018 Edition

by Christopher Burns and James M. MacDonald

This report provides an overview of U.S. farms, including the latest statistics on production, financial performance, and farm household characteristics by farm size categories. In 2017, 98 percent of U.S. farms were family farms, and they accounted for 87 percent of farm production.

See related Webinar: America's Diverse Family Farms: 2018 Edition.

Keywords: family farms, small farms, farm typology, production contracts, marketing contracts, farm household income, government payments, ARMS

In this publication...

• Entire Report
• In print format (requires 8 1/2" x 11" paper)