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Why Does Anyone Farm: For the Money or Food on the Table?

15 Jul 2024

Almost all owners and operators of small and midsize farms say their principal occupations are their nonfarm jobs or are retired, and they receive 80 percent or more of their income from relatively stable nonfarm revenue sources such as employment in other occupations, pensions, Social Security payments, and other investments.
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Authors

Vincent H. Smith

Published in
United States of America