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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 70. New and Beginning 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 ............................................................ 

 

Age group: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

908,274

538,610

369,664

40,201

253,269

655,005

603,699

304,575

212,404

695,870

85,469

46,070

86,357

477,974

50,943

183,185

195,343

186,089

180,613

90,387

674,940

443,424

231,516

20,955

192,825

482,115

456,410

218,530

155,231

519,709

60,728

33,263

65,057

360,661

20,121

127,202

148,052

144,840

142,765

73,615

Age group: - Con. 

 

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

21,714

46.3

241,452

40,858

15,347

8,683

12,884

1,007

861,491

8,141

837,445

70,829

1,825,570

762,989

646,377

562,969

641,853

426,416

18,345

47.8

160,433

30,910

11,322

6,277

10,193

712

639,740

6,467

614,661

60,279

1,561,149

619,422

533,683

455,526

531,256

357,843