Small Farms in the United States: Persistence Under Pressure

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英文名称：

Small Farms in the United States: Persistence Under Pressure

作者：

Robert A. Hoppe; James M. MacDonald; Penni Korb

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44463

关键词：

Family farms;  farm businesses;  farm financial performance;  farm-operator household income;  farm operators;  farm structure;  noncommercial farms;  small farms;  small commercial farms; 

年份：

2010

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

39 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Ninety-one percent of U.S. farms are classified as small-gross cash farm income (GCFI) of less than $250,000. About 60 percent of these small farms are very small, generating GCFI of less than $10,000. These very small noncommercial farms, in some respects, exist independently of the farm economy because their operators rely heavily on off-farm income. The remaining small farms-small commercial farms-account for most small-farm production. Overall farm production, however, continues to shift to larger operations, while the number of small commercial farms and their share of sales maintain a long-term decline. The shift to larger farms will continue to be gradual, because some small commercial farms are profitable and others are willing to accept losses.