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U.S. farms had too few such sales in 2019, he said.
"Only 9% of all operations sell commodities either directly to consumers or directly to an intermediary who sells to a consumer. That 9% is a pretty low number, especially for livestock. I'm wondering if that's going to change" as a result of the pandemic, Hladik said.
'Averages' and more
As is often the case in agriculture, averages in farm size can be misleading. For example, the average value of production of the 2 million U.S. farms in 2019 came to $168,218. But that's heavily influenced by farms that are much bigger or smaller than average. Nearly half of the farms had ag production valued at $6,000 or less, while more than 60% of all production occurred on farms with an least $1 million in ag output.

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