The NASS collects data on farm operations, hired workers, ranchers, and farm operators at the national, State, and county level every 5 years.
Make no mistake, these are not mom-and-pop farm operators or family farmers: These are the Big Ag operations that churn out mass quantities of food (i.e. factory farms).
The collected data were used to estimate the percentage of farm operators who have adopted GPS guidance systems and autosteer technology in their operations.
"There's quite a few wind farm operators around," he added.
In 2004 about 27% of farm operators were 65 or older, compared with 17% in 1969.
IN 1940, the number of African-American farm operators was close to 700,000.
Last month a State Senate panel approved legislation that would raise the bar for farm operators who sought to qualify for a farmland tax exemption.
Wind farm operators have approached Berkeley, California-based 3D Robotics about engineering drones to inspect wind turbines as well as reduce injury and death to wildlife.
In practice, however, the increased economies and efficiencies of intensive agriculture often encourage farm operators to work very large tracts in order to keep their capital investments in machinery productively engaged i.e., busy.
The United Farm Workers won a hard-fought victory when Gov. Gray Davis of California signed two bills giving them the right to mandatory mediation in disputes with farm operators.
The Western Growers Association, representing 3,500 farm operators, argued that compulsory arbitration would force employers to pay higher wages and thus be an unconstitutional "taking" of private property.
