@article{Hoppe:58623, recid = {58623}, author = {Hoppe, Robert A. and Korb, Penelope J. and Banker, David E.}, title = {Million-Dollar Farms in the New Century}, address = {2008-12}, number = {1476-2016-120993}, series = {Economic Information Bulletin}, pages = {41}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Million-dollar farms—those with annual sales of at least $1 million—accounted for about half of U.S. farm sales in 2002, up from a fourth in 1982 (with sales measured in constant 2002 dollars). By 2006, million-dollar farms, accounting for 2 percent of all U.S. farms, dominated U.S. production of high-value crops, milk, hogs, poultry, and beef. The shift to million-dollar farms is likely to continue because they tend to be more profitable than smaller farms, giving them a competitive advantage. Most million-dollar farms (84 percent) are family farms, that is, the farm operator and relatives of the operator own the business. The million-dollar farms organized as nonfamily corporations tend to have no more than 10 stockholders.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58623}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.58623}, }