Agriculture :
Farming as primary occupation, 2007

Farming as primary occupation is defined as a farm operator devoting more than 50% of his or her work to the operation of the farm. In Minnesota in 2007, 48.9% of farm operators defined their farm work as their primary occupation, a marked decrease from 2002, when the figure was 68.9%. As the map shows, the percentage of farm operators reporting farming as their primary occupation increases in more agriculturally intense counties.

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