Farm Size and the Organization of U.S. Crop Farming

Cropland has been shifting to larger farms. The shifts have been large, centered on a
doubling of farm size over 20-25 years, and they have been ubiquitous across States and
commodities. But the shifts have also been complex, with land and production shifting
primarily from mid-size commercial farming operations to larger farms, while the count
of very small farms increases. Larger crop farms still realize better financial returns, on
average, and they are able to make more i…