Women-operated and family farms in the United States : characteristics and trends / Julian Wallace and Andrea Marshall, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wallace, Julian.

Marshall, Andrea.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies series.

Agriculture Issues and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family farms--United States.

Family farms.

Women farmers--United States.

Women farmers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Farms and ranches operated by women have more than doubled in the last 30 years. Since 1978, the first year the Census of Agriculture collected data on the gender of farmers, the share of women-operated farms has grown from 5 percent of U.S. farms to 14 percent. The number of women-operated farms increased in all sales classes (based on annual sales, with adjustments for price changes). In contrast, farms operated by men declined substantially, with only the largest and smallest sales classes ($500,000 or more and less than $1,000) increasing. This book examines various characteristics of women farm operators and their farms, including: changes in the distribution of women-operated farms and ranches by sales class; age, education, and off-farm work and income of women principal operators; financial performance of women-operated farms; farm and operator characteristics by commodity specialisation; and sources of Government payments to women-operated farms.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 02, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-431-6