Table 1. Profile of Livestock Farms in the United States
Farms with livestock or livestock sales in the 1997 Census of Agriculture, categorized into 3 farm types and 4 farm groups
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Farms with few livestock |
Farms with specialty livestock types |
Farms with pastured livestock types and few other livestock |
Farms with confined livestock types |
All farms with livestock |
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Farm type and sales group |
Number
of
farms
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Percent by sales group |
Number
of
farms
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Percent by sales group |
Number
of
farms
|
Percent by sales group |
Number
of
farms
|
Percent by sales group |
Number
of
farms
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Percent by sales group |
Percent of all farms |
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Commercial farms |
6,230 |
100% |
1,924 |
100% |
37,063 |
100% |
74,646 |
100% |
119,863 |
100% |
9.1% |
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Percent of commercial farms |
5.2% |
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1.6% |
|
30.9% |
|
62.3% |
|
100.0% |
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Total agricultural sales above $500,000 |
1,077 |
17% |
655 |
34% |
8,321 |
22% |
34,350 |
46% |
44,403 |
37% |
3.4% |
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Total agricultural sales of $250,000 to $500,000 |
2,237 |
36% |
563 |
29% |
15,809 |
43% |
35,973 |
48% |
54,582 |
46% |
4.2% |
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Total agricultural sales below $250,000 |
2,916 |
47% |
706 |
37% |
12,933 |
35% |
4,323 |
6% |
20,878 |
17% |
1.6% |
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Intermediate farms |
97,468 |
100% |
3,639 |
100% |
320,654 |
100% |
127,725 |
100% |
549,486 |
100% |
41.8% |
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Percent of intermediate farms |
17.7% |
|
0.7% |
|
58.4% |
|
23.2% |
|
100.0% |
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Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 |
4,754 |
5% |
733 |
20% |
35,277 |
11% |
60,873 |
48% |
101,637 |
18% |
7.7% |
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Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 |
22,804 |
23% |
2,306 |
63% |
153,729 |
48% |
62,268 |
49% |
241,107 |
44% |
18.3% |
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Total agricultural sales below $10,000 |
69,910 |
72% |
600 |
16% |
131,648 |
41% |
4,584 |
4% |
206,742 |
38% |
15.7% |
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Rural-residence farms |
257,333 |
100% |
3,271 |
100% |
349,648 |
100% |
35,450 |
100% |
645,702 |
100% |
49.1% |
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Percent of rural-residence farms |
39.9% |
|
0.5% |
|
54.2% |
|
5.5% |
|
100.0% |
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Total agricultural sales of $100,000 to $250,000 |
870 |
0.3% |
219 |
7% |
4,996 |
1% |
5,956 |
17% |
12,041 |
2% |
0.9% |
|
Total agricultural sales of $10,000 to $100,000 |
23,772 |
9% |
1,995 |
61% |
102,886 |
29% |
22,123 |
62% |
150,776 |
23% |
11.5% |
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Total agricultural sales below $10,000 |
232,691 |
90% |
1,057 |
32% |
241,766 |
69% |
7,371 |
21% |
482,885 |
75% |
36.7% |
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All farms with livestock |
361,031 |
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8,834 |
|
707,365 |
|
237,821 |
|
1,315,051 |
|
100.0% |
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Percent of farms with livestock |
27.5% |
|
0.7% |
|
53.8% |
|
18.1% |
|
100.0% |
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