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Tag Archives: 2022 Census of Agriculture

US Producer Age Differs by Farm Enterprise

Biomass Rules Posted on July 21, 2025 by Mark JennerJuly 21, 2025

The USDA, 2022 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Table 75, provides farm data on what is produced by all farms, but it also provides census data by area of farm specialization.  These are identified by NAICS (North American Industry Classification … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, education, farm, policy, production, science, wealth creation | Tagged 2022 Census of Agriculture, age is not a threat, beef grazers, cattle feedlots, dairy, farms provide haven for elder producers, fruit and nut tree farms, grain farms, hemp, high capital requirements not a barrier, hogs, NAICS (North American Industry Classification System), physical activity is an age barrier, US producer age differs by farm enterprise, USDA, vegetables, Volume 1 Table 75 | Leave a reply

US Farm Producer Age Category by Value of Production – Part II

Biomass Rules Posted on July 15, 2025 by Mark JennerJuly 15, 2025

In the recent post, US Farmer Age is Inversely Related to Value of Production, average farm producer age in 2022 was 55 years of age on farms that had over $1,000,000 in annual farm production.  All 3.5 million farm producers … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, farm, firm, macro, policy, production, science, wealth creation | Tagged $1000 to $9999 in sales, $10000 to $99999 in sales, 2022 Census of Agriculture, age is not a threat to value of production, farm business profit not driver of 25 percent of oldest producers., farmer age inversely related to value of production, less than $1000 in sales, Over $100000 in sales, over $100000 sales two thirds of farmers younger than 65, producer age, US farm producer age category by value of production, USDA, value of production, Volume 1 Table 72 | Leave a reply

US Farmer Age is Inversely Related to Value of Production

Biomass Rules Posted on July 13, 2025 by Mark JennerJuly 13, 2025

Since the 2022 Census of Agriculture was released in February 2024, there has been extensive discussion about the aging of farmers and producers.  It is true.  With each successive Census – every 5 years – the average age of farmers … Continue reading →

Posted in definition, economics, education, farm, firm, policy, production, science | Tagged $1000 to $9999 in sales, $10000 to $99999 in sales, $100000 to $249999 in sales, $1000000 in sales, $250000 to $499999 in sales, $500000 to $999999 in sales, 2022 Census of Agriculture, less than $1000 in sales, less than $1000 sales average age of 60.5 years, over $100000 sales average age of 56 years, over $1M sales average age of 55 years, producer age, US farmer age is inversely related to value of production, US producer age is 58 years, USDA, value of production, Volume 1 Table 72 | Leave a reply

Hemp Producers are Bucking the Aging Farmer Trend

Biomass Rules Posted on July 9, 2025 by Mark JennerJuly 9, 2025

The USDA provides a treasury of farm data in many different formats.  With decades of farm data experience, I hoped I could bring new insights into the ‘aging farmer’ discussion.  What I learned instead is that hemp producers don’t fit … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, farm, firm, macro, policy, production, science | Tagged 2022 Census of Agriculture, aging farmers, correct data analysis, Economic Research Service (ERS), hemp, hemp high barriers to entry, hemp producers are bucking the aging farmer trend, high regulatory oversight, high risk, model for attracting new farmers, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), national average age, producers, retired farmers, special equipment, state average age, USDA | Leave a reply

An Inventory of Cellular Transformation on Today’s US Farms

Biomass Rules Posted on January 15, 2025 by Mark JennerJanuary 15, 2025

Is emerging cellular agriculture an extension of farming? Or is it a replacement for farming?  An extension of farming – grain to beer – is an economic complement.  A farm replacement – meat and dairy protein from tanks – is … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, definition, economics, farm, macro, policy, science, wealth creation | Tagged 2022 Census of Agriculture, 2023 Census of Aquaculture, an inventory of cellular laboratories on today's US farms, cellular agriculture, cellular laboratories, cellular regeneration, complement, dairy, digester, haylage, Inventory, manure, meat, organic soil buffer, rumen, silage, substitute, substitute protein, US EPA AgSTAR farm digester database, US farms | Leave a reply

US Fish and Microalgae Farms Count at USDA

Biomass Rules Posted on January 8, 2025 by Mark JennerJanuary 8, 2025

One of the follow-on surveys to the Census of Agriculture is the Census of Aquaculture. Since the 2022 Census of Agriculture has been conducted, a new USDA, Census of Aquaculture has been conducted for the production year 2023. Fish farmers … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, farm, production, science | Tagged 2022 Census of Agriculture, 2023 Census of Aquaculture, algae, American Farm Bureau Federation, bait fish, count at USDA, crustaceans, fish farms, food fish, microalgae, microalgae farms, mollusks, ornamentals, ownership rights, simple plant, single cell, sport fish, tank-based production, US fish and microalgae farms count at USDA | Leave a reply

Mining the 2022, Census of Agriculture – What the Function

Biomass Rules Posted on September 5, 2024 by Mark JennerSeptember 5, 2024

The first federal census of agriculture was conducted in 1840.  It has been conducted for 184 years.  The oldest hardcopy of the US Census of Agriculture in the Biomass Rules collection is from 1982.  We have been reading and analyzing … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, science, What the Function | Tagged 2022 Census of Agriculture, categories, data mining, Excel, IF(), IFNA(), ISBLANK(), LEN, mining the 2022 Census of Agriculture - what the function, nested functions, numeric values, RIGHT(), text string, TEXTBEFORE(), TRIM(), USDA, what the function | Leave a reply

The Producer (Farmer) Role is Transformative

Biomass Rules Posted on June 14, 2024 by Mark JennerJune 14, 2024

The previous post, The Price of Food Dominates Alternative Use Markets, sparked a desire to map out the farm-level activities into feed, fuel, and food.  This was an innocent effort and was not successful.  The transformations that occur on a … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, production, science | Tagged 2022 Census of Agriculture, acres, asset value, buildings, crop value, equipment, farmer, farms, feed, food, land, livestock value, NAICS, non-food, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), producer farmer role is transformative, producer role, transformative, y=f(x) | Leave a reply

The 2022 Farm Economy – A Snapshot in Time

Biomass Rules Posted on March 26, 2024 by Mark JennerApril 30, 2024

Fifty years ago, in 1974, the definition of a U.S. farm for the purposes of collecting data in the Census of Agriculture, was set at $1,000 of farm value of production. This includes gross sales or potential sales. The Ag … Continue reading →

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