Beginning Farmers and Ranchers at a Glance: 2013 Edition.

摘要

A farm or ranch is considered a beginning farm/ranch if the operators have managed a farm or ranch for 10 years or less. In 2011, beginning farms or ranches accounted for 22 percent of the Nation's 2 million family farms, 10 percent of the value of agricultural production by famil farms, and 11 percent of the acres operated by family farms, according to USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). The Censuses of Agriculture offer trend data based on principal operators, those responsible for most of the day-to-day farming decisionss, with less than 10 years of experience farming their current farm.