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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 68. Young 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 

 

Sex of producers: 

 Male .................................................................................... 

 Female ................................................................................ 

 

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 ................................................................. 

321,261

205,110

116,151

28,001

113,565

207,696

216,709

104,552

69,069

252,192

34,628

18,317

32,307

166,940

68,383

79,408

108,547

64,923

208,462

150,040

58,422

13,207

76,203

132,259

142,732

65,730

41,813

166,649

21,387

10,972

20,937

113,353

41,381

51,664

72,317

43,100

Years operating any farm (see text): 

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

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

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

 

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 .............................. 

155,007

101,411

64,843

11,921

5,966

1,992

2,421

270

307,150

3,462

313,437

7,824

658,782

267,234

229,206

210,160

219,377

134,220

95,806

67,907

44,749

7,413

3,481

1,113

1,512

148

199,999

2,209

202,698

5,764

527,923

194,985

171,713

151,121

169,237

106,185