Older Operators Often Run Small Family Farms, Particularly Retirement and Low-Sales Farms

Hoppe, Robert A.; Subedi, Dipak; Vilorio, Dennis

Older Operators Often Run Small Family Farms, Particularly Retirement and Low-Sales Farms

2020

Hoppe, Robert A. | Subedi, Dipak | Vilorio, Dennis

A notable characteristic of principal farm operators, the person most responsible for running the farm, is their relatively advanced age. In 2016, 36 percent of principal farm operators were at least 65 years old, compared with only 14 percent of self-employed workers in nonagricultural businesses. Older operators ran 37 percent of all small family farms.

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