88 United States 2017 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 69. New and Beginning Producers - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2017

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

Characteristics

Any producer

is a new and

beginning producer

Any principal

producer is

a new and

beginning producer

Characteristics

Any producer

is a new and

beginning producer

Any principal

producer is

a new and

beginning producer

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

 

Farms .................................................................... number 

Land in farms ............................................................acres 

 

FARMS BY SIZE 

 

1 to 9 acres ........................................................................ 

10 to 49 acres .................................................................... 

50 to 179 acres .................................................................. 

180 to 499 acres ................................................................ 

500 acres or more .............................................................. 

 

OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 

 

Owned land in farms .................................................farms 

acres 

Rented or leased land in farms .................................. farm 

acres 

 

TENURE 

 

Full owners ................................................................farms 

acres 

Part owners ...............................................................farms 

acres 

Tenants .....................................................................farms 

acres 

 

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 

 SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 

 

Total ..........................................................................farms 

$1,000 

 

 Market value of agricultural products sold .............farms 

$1,000 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 

 crops ...............................................................farms 

$1,000 

 Livestock, poultry, and their 

 products ..........................................................farms 

$1,000 

 Government payments ..........................................farms 

$1,000 

 

FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS (SEE TEXT) 

 

Less than $1,000 ................................................................ 

$1,000 to $2,499 ................................................................ 

$2,500 to $4,999 ................................................................ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ................................................................ 

$10,000 to $24,999 ............................................................ 

$25,000 to $49,999 ............................................................ 

$50,000 or more ................................................................. 

 

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 

 AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 

 

CCC loans (see text) .................................................farms 

$1,000 

Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 

 Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve 

 Enhancement Programs payments .........................farms 

$1,000 

Other Federal farm program payments .....................farms 

$1,000 

 

FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 

 CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 

 

Oilseed and grain farming (1111) ....................................... 

Vegetable and melon farming (1112) ................................. 

Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) ........................................ 

597,377

193,405,614

115,292

198,986

153,508

70,647

58,944

536,416

117,214,329

175,056

76,191,285

418,547

75,119,080

114,341

90,592,882

64,489

27,693,652

597,377

89,733,647

597,377

88,058,146

270,642

40,041,488

298,099

48,016,658

136,771

1,675,501

164,880

76,602

67,447

70,652

69,381

39,504

108,911

3,324

471,119

47,580

321,781

117,208

1,353,720

72,438

20,302

34,606

516,235

140,687,442

106,659

179,728

132,286

56,044

41,518

460,785

87,314,448

143,351

53,372,994

369,983

61,141,516

88,035

57,609,241

58,217

21,936,685

516,235

60,722,222

516,235

59,530,520

225,988

26,126,863

252,281

33,403,657

109,413

1,191,702

150,860

69,962

60,719

62,477

59,360

32,916

79,941

2,241

288,807

38,584

256,335

92,376

935,367

58,896

18,037

30,251

FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 

 CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 

 

Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production (1114) .. 

Other crop farming (1119) ................................................. 

 Tobacco farming (11191) .............................................. 

 Cotton farming (11192) .................................................. 

 Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 

 other crop farming (11193, 11194, 11199) .................. 

Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) ....................... 

Cattle feedlots (112112) .................................................... 

Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) ........................... 

Hog and pig farming (1122) ............................................... 

Poultry and egg production (1123) .................................... 

Sheep and goat farming (1124) ......................................... 

Aquaculture and other animal production 

 (1125, 1129) (see text) .................................................... 

 

OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 

 

Farms by- 

 Type of organization (see text): 

 Operation more than 50 percent owned 

 by one producer's household and/or 

 extended family (see text) ....................................... 

 Limited Liability Company .......................................... 

 

 Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 

 Family or individual .................................................... 

 Partnership ................................................................ 

 Corporation ................................................................ 

 Other - estate or trust, prison farm, grazing 

 association, American Indian Reservation, etc. ....... 

 

 Number of producers (see text): 

 1 producer ................................................................. 

 2 producers ............................................................... 

 3 producers ............................................................... 

 4 producers ............................................................... 

 5 or more producers .................................................. 

 

 Number of male producers (see text): 

 1 producer ............................................................. 

 2 producers ........................................................... 

 3 producers ........................................................... 

 4 producers ........................................................... 

 5 or more producers .............................................. 

 

 Number of female producers (see text): 

 1 producer ............................................................. 

 2 producers ........................................................... 

 3 producers ........................................................... 

 4 producers ........................................................... 

 5 or more producers .............................................. 

 

Farms reporting- 

 Internet access .............................................................. 

 Dial-up ....................................................................... 

 DSL ........................................................................... 

 Cable modem ............................................................ 

 Fiber-optic ................................................................. 

 Mobile internet service for a cell 

 phone or other device (see text) .............................. 

 Satellite ...................................................................... 

 Don't know (see text) ................................................. 

 Other internet service ................................................ 

 

Farms by number of households sharing 

 in net income of operation: 

 1 household ................................................................... 

 2 households ................................................................. 

 3 households ................................................................. 

 4 households ................................................................. 

 5 or more households .................................................... 

14,945

120,956

816

1,827

118,313

189,342

2,981

10,556

9,517

17,325

37,773

66,636

570,043

55,852

504,777

40,423

37,171

15,006

189,720

302,788

61,008

30,993

12,868

426,976

90,269

22,252

5,477

2,729

348,958

42,451

7,415

1,882

927

467,580

9,959

115,098

97,341

44,705

193,735

90,546

29,070

15,348

487,022

75,570

20,022

8,665

6,098

12,616

106,608

671

1,528

104,409

164,224

2,177

6,906

8,417

15,459

34,346

58,298

493,476

48,033

441,991

32,356

29,062

12,826

189,720

264,522

36,562

17,631

7,800

391,808

58,657

12,916

3,314

1,717

300,862

26,776

4,488

1,175

596

401,764

8,008

98,042

84,577

37,487

165,952

76,785

24,718

13,268

429,683

60,813

14,664

6,458

4,617