TABLE 3

Descriptive Statistics

	Non-CSP Programs			CSP
	N	Mean	Std. Dev.	N	Mean	Std. Dev.
Years of education	91	13.62	48.61	77	14.28	49.08
Retired farmer	91	0.14	8.14	77	0.10	6.81
Farmer age	91	56.36	252.23	77	53.92	264.21
Number of operators	91	1.48	14.34	77	1.76	19.63
Value of production (millions of dollars)	91	0.76	32.81	77	1.05	29.42
Farmland (thousands of acres)	91	1.21	30.75	77	1.89	44.43
Proportion of value from livestock	91	0.11	5.48	77	0.14	5.69
Highly erodible land	91	0.26	10.32	77	0.19	9.10
Soil conservation plan (pre-2004)	91	0.39	11.56	77	0.20	9.12
Nutrient management plan (pre-2004)	91	0.08	6.25	77	0.18	8.86
Pest management plan (pre-2004)	91	0.04	4.74	77	0.11	7.13
Eastern Uplands	91	0.03	4.23	77	0.04	4.55
Heartland	91	0.55	11.77	77	0.51	11.50
Northern Crescent	91	0.10	7.03	77	0.17	8.56
Northern Great Plains	91	0.03	4.20	77	0.04	4.43
Prairie Gateway	91	0.09	6.88	77	0.15	8.19
Southern Seaboard	91	0.10	7.07	77	0.01	1.89
Mississippi Portal	91	0.09	6.89	77	0.09	6.60

Source: 2012 Agricultural Resources Management Survey Note: CSP, Conservation Stewardship Program.