Family farms – 97 percent of US total, 84 percent of sales

U.S. agriculture is dominated by family-owned farms, said the USDA in its “five facts to know about family farms.” The 2012 Census of Agriculture found 97 percent of the 2.1 million farms in the country are family farms, and 88 percent of U.S. farms are small family farms, meaning they have less than $350,000 a year in… » Read More