Description: This graph indicates the role of selected factors in individual's decision to become farmers. When questions specifically about their motivation for farming, respondents ranked such benefits as working outdoors, being one's own boss, and raising one's family on a farm as significantly more important than the financial rewards of farming.
Source: 1993 Agricultural Technology and Family Farm Institute (ATFFI) Wisconsin Farm Survey.
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