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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 58. Female Producers - Selected Producer Characteristics: 2017

[Data were collected for a maximum of four producers per farm. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Characteristics All producers All principal

producers Characteristics All producers All principalproducers

Producers ...................................................................number 

 

Hired managers (see text) ...................................................... 

 

Primary occupation: 

 Farming .............................................................................. 

 Other ................................................................................... 

 

Place of residence: 

 On farm operated ................................................................ 

 Not on farm operated .......................................................... 

 

Days of work off farm: 

 None ................................................................................... 

 Any ..................................................................................... 

 1 to 49 days .................................................................... 

 50 to 99 days .................................................................. 

 100 to 199 days .............................................................. 

 200 days or more ............................................................ 

 

Years on present farm: 

 2 years or less .................................................................... 

 3 or 4 years ......................................................................... 

 5 to 9 years ......................................................................... 

 10 years or more ................................................................. 

 

Years operating any farm (see text): 

 5 years or less .................................................................... 

 6 to 10 years ....................................................................... 

 11 years or more ................................................................. 

 

Age group: 

 Under 25 years ................................................................... 

 25 to 34 years ..................................................................... 

 35 to 44 years ..................................................................... 

1,227,461

38,810

410,695

816,766

965,361

262,100

481,883

745,578

103,319

54,829

106,780

480,650

81,984

106,914

193,983

844,580

196,841

172,823

857,797

17,732

85,158

142,266

798,500

22,602

294,640

503,860

634,180

164,320

325,400

473,100

64,485

35,463

70,017

303,135

49,804

67,384

124,951

556,361

121,137

110,379

566,984

5,676

45,163

84,215

Age group - Con. 

 

 45 to 54 years ..................................................................... 

 55 to 64 years ..................................................................... 

 65 to 74 years ..................................................................... 

 75 years and over ............................................................... 

 

 Average age ........................................................................ 

 

Young producers (see text) ..................................................... 

 

Producers of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish 

 origin ..................................................................................... 

 

Producers by race: 

 American Indian or Alaska Native ....................................... 

 Asian ................................................................................... 

 Black or African American ................................................... 

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ........................... 

 White ................................................................................... 

 More than one race reported ............................................... 

 

Military service (see text): 

 Never served ....................................................................... 

 Served ................................................................................. 

 

Number of persons living in producers' 

 households (see text) ............................................................ 

 

On farm involvement in decisionmaking (see text): 

 Day-to-day decisions .......................................................... 

 Land use and/or crop decisions .......................................... 

 Livestock decisions ............................................................. 

 Record keeping and/or financial management .................... 

 Estate planning or succession planning .............................. 

233,111

356,323

262,671

130,200

57.1

116,151

39,252

26,648

9,790

13,002

1,230

1,166,252

10,539

1,208,489

18,972

1,189,285

959,606

722,527

680,410

907,501

673,720

148,933

235,353

180,677

98,483

58.6

58,422

26,180

19,773

6,416

8,746

809

755,147

7,609

784,386

14,114

919,127

700,431

555,990

507,962

645,701

486,705