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Beginning Farmers and Ranchers at a Glance

January 30, 2013 Mary Ahearn, Farm and Rural Household Well-Being Branch, Economic Research Service

USDA programs have targeted assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers since the 1992 Agricultural Credit Improvement Act. Farms or ranches are considered “beginning” if the operators have managed them for 10 years or less. The Economic Research Service has looked at the trend in numbers of...

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