Ohio Farms: More Individuals, Less Partners and Corps

The vast majority of Ohio farms are operated by individuals or families, according to just-released results of the 2002 USDA Agriculture Census. Some 91 percent of the state’s 77,797 farms fit that category, an increase over the 1997 census despite a 1.2 percent decrease in farms during the same period. Farm partnerships declined nearly 35% and incorporated farms dropped 15% to 1,843 farms. These business structure decisions likely reflect continued growth in the number of small and parttime farms in the Buckeye State. For more details on the 2002 Ohio Ag Census, see http://www.nass.usda.gov/oh/ .

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