" About 89 percent of Washington farms fit the U.S. Department of Agriculture definition of small farms: less than $250,000 in gross annual sales, with the day-to-day labor and management provided by the farmer and/or the farm family that owns or leases the productive assets of the farm."
For comparison, the Small Business Administration considers any business with less than $500,000 in sales to be small.
Source: Washington State House of Representatives Office of Program Research Bill Analysis, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee, HB 1311, " Continuing the small farm direct marketing assistance program."
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1311.HBA%2007.pdf
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