Million-Dollar Farms in the New Century

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英文名称：

Million-Dollar Farms in the New Century

作者：

Robert A. Hoppe; Penni Korb; David E. Banker

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44288

关键词：

Contracting;  family farms;  farm businesses;  farm financial performance;  farm-operator household income;  farm operators;  farm structure;  farm type;  million-dollar farms; 

年份：

2008

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

47 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Million-dollar farms-those with annual sales of at least $1 million-accounted for about half of U.S. farm sales in 2002, up from a fourth in 1982 (with sales measured in constant 2002 dollars). By 2006, million-dollar farms, accounting for 2 percent of all U.S. farms, dominated U.S. production of high-value crops, milk, hogs, poultry, and beef. The shift to million-dollar farms is likely to continue because they tend to be more profitable than smaller farms, giving them a competitive advantage. Most million-dollar farms (84 percent) are family farms, that is, the farm operator and relatives of the operator own the business. The million-dollar farms organized as nonfamily corporations tend to have no more than 10 stockholders.