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Structural and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms, 1994: 19th Annual Family Farm Report to the Congress

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  • Sommer, Judith E.
  • Banker, David E.
  • Green, Robert C.
  • Kalbacher, Judith Z.
  • Peterson, Neal R.
  • Sun, Theresa Y.

Abstract

National average statistics related to farm production mask the diversity in the Nation's 2 million farms and the people who operate them. Farms in the United States differ not only by size (sales and acres) and type of production, but also by organizational characteristics (land ownership, legal organization, contracting arrangements) and financial characteristics (debt, assets, income, expenditures). Farm operators and their households vary with respect to demographic characteristics (occupation, age, education), financial characteristics (dependence on farm income, operator/spouse labor allocation), and management characteristics (information sources, business goals). Using information from USDA's 1994 Farm Costs and Returns Survey, this report brings together all these facets of farming to more fully describe these participants in agricultural production.

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  • Sommer, Judith E. & Banker, David E. & Green, Robert C. & Kalbacher, Judith Z. & Peterson, Neal R. & Sun, Theresa Y., 1997. "Structural and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms, 1994: 19th Annual Family Farm Report to the Congress," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309838, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309838
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309838
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    1. Mishra, Ashok K. & Holthausen, Duncan M., 2002. "Effect of Farm Income and Off-Farm Wage Variability on Off-Farm Labor Supply," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 31(2), pages 1-13, October.
    2. Ashok K. Mishra & Carmen L. Sandretto, 2002. "Stability of Farm Income and the Role of Nonfarm Income in U.S. Agriculture," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 24(1), pages 208-221.
    3. Sommer, Judith E. & Hoppe, Robert A. & Green, Robert C. & Korb, Penelope J., 1998. "Structural and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms, 1995: 20th Annual Family Farm Report to Congress," Agricultural Information Bulletins 33620, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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