According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than two million farms dot the nation, covering 897.4 million acres. That's more than twice the size of Alaska.
The latest USDA agricultural census counts 3.4 million "producers" or the farmersand workers involved in making decisions on these farms, from planting to harvesting to marketing. This category could refer to the farm's owner, a member of the owner's family, a manager, a tenant, a renter, or a sharecropper. The USDA also makes a distinction between producers and employees known as farmworkers.
