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Black Farmers: Why Such a Severe and Continuing Decline?

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  • Beale, Calvin

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This is a revised version of a talk given at a Black History Month program, sponsored by the Farmers Home Administration. Beale sees the precipitous drop in the number of black farmers since the 1950's as stemming from both implacable circumstances and subsequent rational economic choices by the black farm population. He notes steps taken by Congress in 1987 to foster farmland acquisition by blacks (and other minorities). Beale then concludes by reminding us that black farmers, like other farmers, form just one part of rural society, and efforts to deal with their problems must also take account of the rest of the rural economy.-Ed.

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  • Beale, Calvin, 1991. "Black Farmers: Why Such a Severe and Continuing Decline?," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 7(2), May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:310935
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310935
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    1. Sommer, Judith E. & Hoppe, Robert A. & Green, Robert C. & Korb, Penelope J., 1998. "Structural and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms, 1995: 20th Annual Family Farm Report to Congress," Agricultural Information Bulletins 33620, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Gilbert, Jess & Sharp, Gwen & Felin, M. Sindy, 2001. "The Decline (And Revival?) Of Black Farmers And Rural Landowners: A Review Of The Research Literature," Working Papers 12810, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center.
    3. LaPorchia A. Collins & Tia M. McDonald & Anil K. Giri & Dipak Subedi, 2024. "The relative financial performance of African American farms in the United States since the Great Recession," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 46(1), pages 32-51, March.
    4. Hoppe, Robert A. & Korb, Penelope J., 2006. "Understanding U.S. Farm Exits," Economic Research Report 7212, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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