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https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2014/Farm_Demographics/index.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2014/Farm_... > The number
by aphextim 7y ago
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2014/Farm_Demographics/index.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2014/Farm_...
> The number of women operating farms with annual sales of $10,000 or more increased in all categories, but 91 percent of farms with female principal operators had less than $50,000 in annual sales (Table 4).
> Although more than half of all farms had sales of less than $10,000, minority-operated farms (except for Asian operated-farms) fell disproportionately into this group. In 2012, more than a third of Asian principal farmers operated farms with sales of $50,000 or more. (Table 6)
It seems as though these funds went to large 'corporate farms rather than the smaller mom and pop farms that spring to mind when you hear the word farm and think of a red barn homestead with a few 40's.
I doubt it has little to do with race, but more to do with the size of the farm/company. Although the title is true because , "Nearly 100 percent of corporate owned farms are owned by white people" , the title implies race was the basis of the funds rather than the size.
There is another article talking about the same thing with a much better headline in my personal opinion.
>Bulk of U.S. farm aid goes to biggest and wealthiest farmers (trust.org)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20585731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20585731