How Is Scale and Structure Determined in Agriculture?

Keywords

Family farms, Debt, Farm economics, Agricultural census, Real estate taxes, Corporations, Net income

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to note and assess recent changes in scale and structure of U.S. agriculture. Census data will be reviewed in the light of hypotheses that have been advanced to explained structure and scale. Our purview will be limited to the farm production sector.

Original Publication Citation

Gardner, B. Delworth, and Rulon D. Pope. “How Is Scale and Structure Determined in Agriculture?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 60, no. 2, 1978, pp. 295–302. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1240064.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

1978-11

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5080

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Economics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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