America's Diverse Family Farms: Structure and Finances

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英文名称：

America's Diverse Family Farms: Structure and Finances

作者：

Robert A. Hoppe; James M. MacDonald; David Banker

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=43897

关键词：

Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS);  family farms;  farm businesses;  farm financial performance;  farm-operator household income;  farm operators;  farm structure;  farm type;  multiple-operator farms;  multiple-generation farms;  small farms; 

年份：

2006

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

12 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

American farms vary widely in size and other characteristics, but farming is still an industry of family businesses. Ninety-eight percent of farms are family farms, and they account for 86 percent of farm production. Very small farms are growing in number, and small family farms continue to own most farmland. But production is shifting toward very large family farms. Because small-farm households receive most of their income from off-farm work, general economic policies-such as tax policy or economic development policy-can be as important to them as traditional farm policy.