From Washington with Karina Jones – USDA 2023 Farm & Ranch At A Glance Study
About 84 percent of all U.S. farm households earn the majority of their total household income from off-farm sources and often use off-farm income to cover some portion of farm expenses. While self-employment and wage/salary jobs are the primary sources of off-farm income for farm households, unearned off- farm income sources provide a significant share of off-farm income relative to total off-farm income. [READ MORE…]