Distribution of farms, value of production, and farm assets, 2019

Percent of U.S. farms, value of production, or assets

Bar chart with 8 groups with 3 items per group.

Group 1, Retirement.
Item 1, Farms 10.7.
Item 2, Value of production 1.4.
Item 3, Farm assets 7.7.
Group 2, Off-farm occupation.
Item 1, Farms 41.4.
Item 2, Value of production 5.
Item 3, Farm assets 21.
Group 3, Farming occupation: Low-sales.
Item 1, Farms 32.4.
Item 2, Value of production 5.6.
Item 3, Farm assets 22.9.
Group 4, Farming occupation: Moderate-sales.
Item 1, Farms 5.1.
Item 2, Value of production 9.5.
Item 3, Farm assets 10.1.
Group 5, Midsize family farms.
Item 1, Farms 5.3.
Item 2, Value of production 21.1.
Item 3, Farm assets 14.6.
Group 6, Large.
Item 1, Farms 2.4.
Item 2, Value of production 24.9.
Item 3, Farm assets 12.6.
Group 7, Very large.
Item 1, Farms 0.3.
Item 2, Value of production 19.
Item 3, Farm assets 4.4.
Group 8, Nonfamily.
Item 1, Farms 2.4.
Item 2, Value of production 13.6.
Item 3, Farm assets 6.6.

Note: Details may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. Small family farms have annual gross cash farm income (GCFI) less than $350,000, measured before deducting expenses. Midsize family farms have GCFI of $350,000-$999,999. Large-scale family farms have GCFI of $1,000,000 or more. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service and USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2019 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (data as of December 2020).