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
- by Jeffrey Gillespie and Christine Whitt
- 8/26/2024
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.