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America's Diverse Family Farms: Assorted Sizes, Types, and Situations

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  • Hoppe, Robert A.
  • MacDonald, James M.

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This report describes a farm typology developed by the Economic Research Service (ERS), which categorizes farms into more homogeneous groups than classifications based on sales volume alone, producing a more effective policy development tool. The typology is used to describe U.S. farm structure.

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  • Hoppe, Robert A. & MacDonald, James M., 2001. "America's Diverse Family Farms: Assorted Sizes, Types, and Situations," Agricultural Information Bulletins 33767, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:33767
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33767
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    1. Boehlje, Michael & Doehring, Todd & Sonka, Steven T., 2005. "Farmers of the Future: Market Segmentation and Buying Behavior," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 8(3), pages 1-17.
    2. Ashok Mishra & Charles Moss & Kenneth Erickson, 2004. "Valuing farmland with multiple quasi-fixed inputs," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(15), pages 1669-1675.
    3. Blank, Steven C., 2005. "Hedging with off-farm income: implications for production and investment decisions across farm sizes," 2005 Annual Meeting, July 6-8, 2005, San Francisco, California 291741, Western Agricultural Economics Association.
    4. Andersson, Hans & Ramaswami, Bharat & Moss, Charles B. & Erickson, Kenneth W. & Hallahan, Charles B. & Nehring, Richard F., 2005. "Off-farm Income and Risky Investments: What Happens to Farm and Nonfarm Assets?," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19480, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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