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Christine Whitt

Christine Whitt

Former ERS Staff

By this author:

Agricultural Income and Finance Situation and Outlook: 2024 Edition
Nonfamily Farm Operations and the Households That Operate Them
Cover Crops on Livestock Operations: Potential for Expansion in the United States
An Overview of Farms Operated by Socially Disadvantaged, Women, and Limited Resource Farmers and Ranchers in the United States
America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance: 2023 Edition

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Beef Cow-Calf Production Continues To Be a Lifestyle Choice for Some Farmers
Examining Financial Risk Measures on Family and Nonfamily Farms
Study Examines How and Where U.S. Cow-Calf Operations Use Rotational Grazing
Farmers’ Use of Contracts Has Declined Over Last 25 Years
Financial Health Indicators for Family Farms Show a Mixed Picture During the 2020 Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic

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In 2018, 39 percent of cow-calf farms were rural residence farms, but their cattle made up a smaller percent of the total U.S. beef cow inventory than other cow-calf farms
Rural residence cow-calf farms in 2018 mostly raised beef cattle through the cow-calf phase only and received most of the farm’s production value through cattle production
Majority of farms with debt have loans from a commercial bank
Highest percentages of limited resource farms are in Atlantic and West regions of United States
Most small family farms are at high financial risk based on operating profit margin

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Webinar: America’s Diverse Family Farms: 2021 Edition

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