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What are U.S. farms like? Are they largely family businesses, or corporate operations? Describing farms is challenging because they vary in size and other characteristics, ranging from very small retirement and residential farms to businesses with sales in the millions of dollars. Descriptions based on U.S. averages hide much of the variation.
