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"Although large farms produce large volumes of agricultural products, small farms still contribute a substantial portion (38 percent) of the value of U.S. farm production and control the majority (73 percent) of farm assets." From What Makes a Small Farm Successful? (PDF 720 KB) (USDA, ERS).

America’s Diverse Family Farms, 2007 Edition
USDA. Economic Research Service.
"American farms encompass a wide range of sizes, ownership structures, and business types, but most farms are still family farms. Family farms account for 98 percent of farms and 85 percent of production. Although most farms are small and own most of the farmland, production has shifted to very large farms."

Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: Family Farm Report, 2007 Edition
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Information on family and nonfamily farms and important trends in farm size, multiple-operator farms, operator household income, farm performance and farm business arrangements.

Small Farms
USDA. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
National program offers grants, a network of State Program Coordinators, Small Farm Digest (newsletter) and National Conferences. Proceedings from four previous meetings are online.

Small Farms Contact Directory
USDA. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
Listings for U.S. small farm contacts at the state and territorial level.

Small Farm Success Project
USDA. Small Farm Success Grants Program.
Farmer profiles; project reports; and business, marketing and educational resources made available through the USDA Mid-Atlantic Small Farm Success Grants Program.

Small Farm Center
University of California. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Access online publications, information resources, conferences, directories of assistance and expertise and more.

Small Farm Development Center
New England Small Farm Institute (NESFI).
Access the NESFI Library, links, reports, LandLink program, training programs and other tools.

Small Farm Funding Resources
USDA. NAL. Rural Information Center.
Find tools to develop a business plan, write a grant proposal, locate funding and assistance programs and more.

Last Modified: Jun 10, 2008


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