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Farm Employment Over Time
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So What?
1) Direct Farm Employment includes farm proprietors and farm workers. Data available from 1969 through 2006.
2) Farm and Farm-Related Employment includes both Direct Farm Employment and a wide variety of jobs related to farming,
like farm equipment sales staff, farm equipment mechanics, produce buyers, food inspectors, grain elevator operators, and the
like. Data available only from 1981 through 2002.
3) Direct Farm Employment has continued to decline slowly from the late 1960s through 2006, except for a small increase in
1983.
4) Farm and Farm-Related Employment has steadily increased from 1981 through 2000, then declined somewhat in 2001 and
2002.
5) One might expect Direct Farm Employment to decline as farm productivity improves or demand for U.S. farm goods declines.
6) Given the slow decline in Direct Farm Employment, one might expect Farm and Farm-Related Employment to vary depending
on farm-related employment productivity and U.S. and world population (consumer) growth.
1) Direct Farm Employment includes farm proprietors and farm workers. Data available from 1969 through 2006.
2) Farm and Farm-Related Employment includes both Direct Farm Employment and a wide variety of jobs related to farming,
like farm equipment sales staff, farm equipment mechanics, produce buyers, food inspectors, grain elevator operators, and the
like. Data available only from 1981 through 2002.
3) Direct Farm Employment has continued to decline slowly from the late 1960s through 2006, except for a small increase in
1983.
4) Farm and Farm-Related Employment has steadily increased from 1981 through 2000, then declined somewhat in 2001 and
2002.
5) One might expect Direct Farm Employment to decline as farm productivity improves or demand for U.S. farm goods declines.
6) Given the slow decline in Direct Farm Employment, one might expect Farm and Farm-Related Employment to vary depending
on farm-related employment productivity and U.S. and world population (consumer) growth.
Supporting Evidence
Sources: Farm and Farm-Related Employment: USDA Economic Research Service
Direct Farm Employment: US Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1969-2000, 2001-2006
Direct Farm Employment: US Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1969-2000, 2001-2006
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