National Peanut Board Elects Chair and 96% of All Farms Family Owned
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.**Former Vice Chair, Casey Cox Kerr of Mitchell County was elected chairperson of the National Peanut Board.
The NPB works to help peanut growers improve production practices and continue to put the highest-quality peanut products in the hands of people around the world.
And Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center Executive Director Mark Masters has been appointed to the 24-member Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee.
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**In 2023, roughly 86% of all farms were small family farms.
A USDA report says these farms have a gross cash income below $350,000 and operate on 41% of all U.S. ag land and
produced 17% of the total production value.
Large-scale family farms with gross cash income above $1 million, represented 4% of farms, 31% of ag land and 48% of total production value.
Overall, family farms accounted for about 96% of total farms, 90% of ag land, and 83% of the total production value.
**Farm Action reacted to the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against John Deere over the right to repair.
The FTC alleges John Deere is illegally driving up costs by forcing farmers to repair their equipment at authorized dealers.
Farm Action applauds the FTC for taking this bold action to bring justice to farmers who’ve been stripped of the right to repair their own equipment.