Table 7: Farm ownership. And personal characteristics of farmers
|
All farms |
Confinement |
Moderate Grazer |
Intensive Grazer | |
|
— |
--------------------- |
.--%-------------------- |
— | |
|
Ownership |
- | |||
|
Sole proprietor |
56 |
52 |
60 |
55 |
|
Partnership |
27 |
26 |
27 |
32 |
|
Corporation |
17 |
22 |
13 |
12 |
|
Age | ||||
|
< 30 years |
6 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
|
31-40 years |
20 |
24 |
14 |
23 |
|
41-50 years |
33 |
36 |
31 |
27 |
|
51-60 years |
21 |
18 |
23 |
25 |
|
> 60 years |
21 |
18 |
24 |
20 |
|
Key decisions | ||||
|
0-5 years |
11 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
|
6-10 years |
12 |
13 |
11 |
12 |
|
11-20 years |
27 |
31 |
22 |
31 |
|
21 years or more |
50 |
45 |
55 |
47 |
|
Education | ||||
|
Completed grade 8 |
15 |
19 |
13 |
8 |
|
Completed some high | ||||
|
school |
9 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
|
Completed high school or | ||||
|
equivalent |
36 |
35 |
36 |
38 |
|
Some college or | ||||
|
vocational training |
18 |
17 |
19 |
18 |
|
Completed college | ||||
|
degree(s) |
22 |
20 |
22 |
32 |
|
Farm debt | ||||
|
0-10 low |
44 |
36 |
52 |
50 |
|
11-40 moderate |
36 |
40 |
32 |
34 |
|
41-70 high |
15 |
18 |
12 |
15 |
|
>70 very high |
5 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
|
Off-farm income | ||||
|
Off-farm income greater | ||||
|
than $12,000 |
29 |
28 |
28 |
36 |
|
Off-farm income less | ||||
|
than $12,000 |
27 |
26 |
28 |
27 |
|
No off-farm income______ |
44 |
46 |
44________ |
37_________ |
Education
More than three-fourths of the respondents have a high school degree or higher; slightly less than one-
quarter have at least one college degree. Intensive Grazer farmers have the most formal education, with
about one-third completing one or more college degrees.
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