An Overview of Farms Operated by Socially Disadvantaged, Women, and Limited Resource Farmers and Ranchers in the United States
Todd, Jessica E.; Whitt, Christine; Key, Nigel; Mandalay, Okkar
2024

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recognizes several groups of farmers who have been historically underserved by the USDA and operates several programs and policies targeting these groups. This report provides an overview of the characteristics of the farms operated by socially disadvantaged (individuals identifying as Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latino, and Asian or Pacific Islander), women, and limited resource producers using data from the annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey. The report summarizes measures of farm financial health, credit use, agricultural program participation, and other farm-level characteristics, along with information about the principal operator and the principal operator’s household, including household income and wealth.

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Title
An Overview of Farms Operated by Socially Disadvantaged, Women, and Limited Resource Farmers and Ranchers in the United States
Keywords
Author(s)
Todd, Jessica E.
Whitt, Christine
Key, Nigel
Mandalay, Okkar
Subject(s)
Issue Date
2024-02
Publication Type
Report
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.340512
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/340512
Language
English
Total Pages
78
Note
Data came from the 2017–20 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), an annual cross-sectional survey of farms in the contiguous United States, excluding American Indian reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, conducted by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Economic Research Service. ARMS data identify LR farms and provide detailed information about each farm’s receipt of direct Government agricultural payments, use of credit, and farm operator and household characteristics. Farms were classified for three population comparisons: • an SDA comparison of NH White, Hispanic, and NH SDA farms; • a gender comparison of men-only, women-only, and joint farms; and • an LR comparison of LR, non-LR low-sales (sales below the LR threshold in the current year but not meeting the rest of LR criteria), and high-sales farms (sales above the LR threshold). The 4 years of data were pooled to increase the sample size and precision of estimates. All estimates were weighted using the ARMS sampling weights, and variances were estimated according to USDA’s NASS recommendations.
Series Statement
Economic Information Bulletin No. 266
Record Appears in
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > Economic Research Service > Economic Information Bulletin

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