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The National Commission on Small Farms, established in 1997 by the Secretary of Agriculture, defines 9 out of 10 U.S. farms as "small farms." ERS analyzes small farm issues using an ERS-developed farm typology to divide small farms into more homogeneous, mutually exclusive groups based on farm and operator characteristics.
Analyses using the farm typology—which includes limited-resource, retirement, residential, farming occupation/lower sales, and farming/higher sales farms—give a detailed picture of small farmers today.
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Income, Wealth and the Economic Well-Being of Farm Households—This report examines factors that affect the economic well-being of farm operator households based on USDA's ARMS survey data. The analysis uses a new concept of economic well-being that captures farm household wealth and expenditures in addition to more conventional income measures. The report examines whether farm households are inherently disadvantaged and whether they have lower incomes, lower wealth, and lower household expenditures than nonfarm households. AER-812 (7/02)
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