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Older Operators Often Run Small Family Farms, Particularly Retirement and Low-Sales Farms

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  • Hoppe, Robert A.
  • Subedi, Dipak
  • Vilorio, Dennis

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A notable characteristic of principal farm operators, the person most responsible for running the farm, is their relatively advanced age. In 2016, 36 percent of principal farm operators were at least 65 years old, compared with only 14 percent of self-employed workers in nonagricultural businesses. Older operators ran 37 percent of all small family farms.

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  • Hoppe, Robert A. & Subedi, Dipak & Vilorio, Dennis, 2018. "Older Operators Often Run Small Family Farms, Particularly Retirement and Low-Sales Farms," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 0(02), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersaw:302516
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302516
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