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Black Farmers and Their Farms

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  • Banks, Vera J.

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Black farmers represented less than 2 percent of the Nation's 2.2 million farmers in 1982, down from 14 percent in 1920; however, they represented 61 percent of all minority farmers. Black-operated farms continue to be heavily concentrated in the South. By 1982, more than 60 percent of all black farmers were full owners of their farms, compared with only 16 percent in 1930. The average black-operated farm has only about 100 acres compared with the national average of 440 acres. Most black farmers in 1982 specialized in livestock and cash grains; however, they were more likely than other farmers to rely on tobacco for their principal source of farm income. Almost a third of all black farmers were 65 or older. Less than a fifth of all farmers nationwide were that old.

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  • Banks, Vera J., 1986. "Black Farmers and Their Farms," Rural Development Research Reports 334206, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ersrdr:334206
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.334206
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    1. Kalbacher, Judith Z., 1985. "A Profile of Female Farmers in America," Rural Development Research Reports 333921, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Lewis, James A., 1976. "White and Minority Small Farm Operators in the South," Agricultural Economic Reports 307634, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Banks, Vera J. & Kalbacher, Judith Z., 1981. "Farm Income Recipients and Their Families: A Socioeconomic Profile," Rural Development Research Reports 333779, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    1. Hoppe, Robert A. & Bluestone, Herman & Getz, Virginia K., 1986. "Social and Economic Environment of Black Farmers," Rural Development Research Reports 334251, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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