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Million dollar farms in the new century / Samuel D. Bosworth, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Agriculture issues and policies series.
- Agriculture issues and policies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Farms, Large--Economic aspects--United States.
- Farms, Large.
- Agricultural productivity--United States.
- Agricultural productivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work examines the growth of production from million-dollar farms since the 1980's and explores the current role of these farms in U.S. commercial agriculture, including their share of farms, their production of specific commodities and their receipt of Government payments.
- Contents:
- Intro
- MILLION DOLLAR FARMS IN THE NEW CENTURY
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1 MILLION-DOLLAR FARMS IN THE NEW CENTURY
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Summary
- What Is the Issue?
- What Did the Study Find?
- How Was the Study Conducted?
- Introduction
- Longrun Trends
- Number of Million-Dollar Farms
- The History of Million-Dollar Farms
- Business Age
- Following Farms Back through Time
- Shift to ARMS Data
- Share of Farms, Gross Farm Sales, and Government Payments
- Government Payments
- Individual Commodities
- Specialization, Farm Size, and Tenure
- Farm Size
- Tenure
- Business Organization
- Operator Characteristics
- Principal Operators
- Secondary Operators
- Farm and Household Finances
- Standard Financial Performance Measures
- Farm Operator Household Income
- Farm Business Arrangements
- Accessing Resources and Labor
- Hours of Labor
- Capital/Labor Ratio
- Contracting
- Conclusions and Implications
- Continuing Shift to Million-Dollar Farms
- Concentration of Production
- Million-Dollar Farms Are Family Farms
- References
- Appendix: The 2002 Census of Agriculture Longitude File
- Linking Censuses of Agriculture
- Limitations of the Data
- End Notes
- Chapter 2 UNITED STATES FARM INCOME
- Review of Calendar Year 2008
- Cash Receipts
- Crops
- Livestock
- Production Expenses
- Average Farm Household Income
- Farm Asset Values and Debt
- CHAPTER SOURCES
- INDEX
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61668-541-7
- OCLC:
- 721986310
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