Agricultural Economics Department
Cornhusker Economics
Date of this Version
2014
Document Type
Article
Citation
Cornhusker Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension, October 1, 2014
Abstract
According to the 2012 USDA Census of Agriculture, NASS, a 30-year trend of declining numbers of farmers under 35 years of age appears to be, at least temporarily, reversing. As Figure 1 shows, Nebraska’s principal farm/ranch operators in the age group under 35 grew by 1,394 – from a total of 3,353 in 2007 to 4,747 in 2012. The previous 20-year history indicated overall losses in the number of beginning farmers from 12,609 in 1987 to a low of 3,353 in 2007. Nebraska’s total number of farm/ranch operators in the state grew as well, moving from 47,712 in 2007 to 49,969 in 2012 also apparently reversing a long-term trend of fewer and fewer farm operators in Nebraska.
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