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Minifarms: Farm Business or Rural Residence?

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  • Brooks, Nora L.

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Minifarms—those with less than $2,500 in farm sales annually—account for about 25 percent of all U.S. farms, almost 2 percent of U.S. harvested cropland, and less than 1 percent of U.S. farm product sales. Minifarms' assets are underused; for example, the value of minifarm land and buildings per dollar of sales is $64.65, compared with $2.50 for large farms. Most minifarm operators spend over 200 days a year doing off-farm work, and probably maintain the minifarms primarily as rural residences. Significant off-farm income more than offsets negative farm income on these farms, and total income is higher than for most other farm sales classes. More than 54 percent of all minifarms are in the South, representing a third of all farms in that region.

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  • Brooks, Nora L., 1985. "Minifarms: Farm Business or Rural Residence?," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309331, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309331
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309331
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    1. Heimlich, Ralph E. & Brooks, Douglas H., 1989. "Metropolitan Growth and Agriculture: Farming in the City's Shadow," Agricultural Economic Reports 308078, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Fuller, Earl I., 1985. "Small Farms: Extension'S Educational Responsibilities," North Central Region Archives 260642, North Central Region - North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA).
    3. Fuller, Earl I., 1985. "Small Farms Extension'S Educational Responsibilities," Staff Papers 13552, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    4. Heimlich, Ralph E. & Barnard, Charles H., 1992. "Agricultural Adaptation To Urbanization: Farm Types In Northeast Metropolitan Areas," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 21(1), pages 1-11, April.
    5. Krause, Kenneth R., 1992. "The Beef Cow-Calf Industry, 1964-87: Location and Size," Agricultural Economic Reports 305706, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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