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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

  • Farm Structure and Organization
Bar chart showing percent shares of rural residence, intermediate, and commercial producers who raised beef cattle through the cow-calf phase only and the percentage of total farm production value within each category.

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Although other farms in other agricultural sectors are growing larger, a high percentage of cow-calf farms remains small in scale. USDA, Economic Research Service research indicates cow-calf farming continues to be attractive to farmers for whom lifestyle is a primary motivator for farming.

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