Farms with internet access continued to rise from 75% in 2017 2017 of 11%. Beginning farmers are younger than all farmers, with to 79% in 2022. an average age of 47.1. A total of 153,101 farms and ranches used renewable energy- 吀栀e number of producers under age 35 was 296,480, comprising producing systems compared to 133,176 farms in 2017, a 15% increase. 9% of all producers. 吀栀e 221,233 farms with young producers making Most farms (76%) with renewable energy systems reported using decisions tend to be larger than average in both acres and sales. solar panels. In 2022, 1.2 million female producers accounted for 36% of all In 2022, 116,617 farms sold directly to consumers, with sales of producers. Fifty-eight percent of all farms had at least one female $3.3 billion. Value of sales increased 16% from 2017. decision-maker. 吀栀e 105,384 farms with sales of $1 million or more were 6% of U.S. 吀栀e response rate for the 2022 Census of Agriculture was 61%; farms and 31% of farmland; they sold more than three-fourths of all more than 40% of responses were submitted online. agricultural products. 吀栀e 1.4 million farms with sales of $50,000 or 吀栀e full Census of Agriculture report, as well as publication dates less accounted for 74% of farms, 25% of farmland, and 2% of sales. for additional ag census data products, can be found at nass.usda. Nearly three-fourths of farmland was used by farms specializing gov/AgCensus. in two commodity categories: oilseed and grain production (32%) First conducted in 1840 in conjunction with the decennial Census and beef cattle production (40%). and conducted since 1997 by USDA NASS – the federal statistical 吀栀e average age of all producers was 58.1, up 0.6 years from 2017. agency responsible for producing o昀케cial data about U.S. agriculture 吀栀is is a smaller increase than average age increases between prior – the Census of Agriculture remains the most comprehensive censuses. agricultural data for every state and county in the nation. 吀栀ere were just over 1 million farmers with 10 or fewer years of experience, an increase in the number of beginning farmers from AABBAASSTOTO..CCOOMM MMAAYY/J/JUUNNEE 2 2002244 6677