Average age of the farmers in North America

[ArtMech]

I'd like to ask some social questions, if You won't take amiss, fellows.
1. What is the average age of main number of farmers (or some of You) who are producing and selling Ag production in Canada and in USA?
2. What is the age of farmers, when they (or some of You) are giving over farming to their (Your) son(s) or daughter(s)?
2. What is the average age of a farmer, when he's giving up the farming because of venerable age?

 

[dmccarty]

From Census of Agriculture - 2002 Census Publications - Demographics of U.S. Farm Operators

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Average Ages of Principal Operators[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The average age of all U.S. principal farm operators in the 2002 Census was 55.3 years of age. This average has been more than 50 years of age since at least the 1974 Census of Agriculture and has increased in each census since 1978蓉sually by one year or more from one census to the next. (See Table 1.) In addition, the percentage of principal farm operators 65 or older has risen consistently since 1978 (when it was about 1 in 6) and reached 26.2 percent (more than 1 in 4) in 2002. At the other end of the spectrum, the percentage of principal operators with average ages of less than 35 years has been declining since 1982, when it was 15.9 percent, and was only 5.8 percent in 2002. (On a relative basis, the percent of principal operators who are 34 years or younger has dropped about 20 percent in each subsequent census since 1982.) [/FONT]

Later,
Dan

 

[ArtMech]

From Census of Agriculture - 2002 Census Publications - Demographics of U.S. Farm Operators



Later,
Dan

Thank You, dmccarty,
Very valuable info.