As of recent data, non-family corporations own approximately 4% of U.S. farms. The vast majority of farms, around 96%, are family-owned operations. This statistic highlights the predominance of family farms in American agriculture, despite the presence of corporate ownership in the sector.
Hillshire Farms is owned by the Sara Lee Corporation
Corporations are businesses owned by stockholders
corporations xD
Corporations are owned by shareholders.
they are owned by the public through the selling of share on an exchange A+
Approximately 90%, though less than half of those list "farming" as their primary occupation.
There are several different types of farming systems. There are small farms, which are generally family owned. There are also large, industrial farms, which are owned by corporations and mass produce things like produce and animal meat.
Still a family farm, despite the size. Here's a fascinating statistic that most don't realize: According to the EPA, 87% of all farms are individually or family-owned and operated. Corporate farms make up 4% of those farms, and only 1% of such corporate farms are solely owned and operated by other-cooperative, estates, trusts, etc. Another source (from the book Compassion by the Pound) states that the number of farms that are corporations themselves are family-owned and operated. Many, if not all such farms started small as the quaint, romantic-type farm many think of today into such large corporations.
either state farms, consumer farms, corporate owned farms, or family owned farms
private corporations A+
private corporations
90 % even though most don't list there occupation as farming
Hillshire Farms is owned by the Sara Lee Corporation
public corporations
Corporations are businesses owned by stockholders
Corporations are companies that are owned by shareholders. Each person is an owner.
Collective farms are a type of farm that are owned and operated as a joint enterprise by peasants. They are also known as communal farms.