McBride, William D.; Mathews Jr., Kenneth H. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011
Beef cow-calf production in the United States is widespread, occurring in every State. Nearly 765,000 farms, about 35 … percent of the 2.2 million farms in the United States, had a beef cow inventory in 2007. Most of these were small, part …-time operations. About a third of farms that raise beef animals had a beef cow inventory of less than 10 cows, more than half had …