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Family-Size Farms in U.S. Agriculture

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Family farms and large-scale farming operations continue proportionally almost unchanged in their traditional regional locations. Family farms account for the bulk of farm production in the north-central part of the country. Large-scale farming is, as it always was, the rule in California, Florida, and some other States. Farming in the rest of the country is in between; family farms have a slight majority. For the country as a whole, family farms accounted for 95 percent of all farms and for 63 percent of all farm products sold in 1949. In 1969, these proportions were 95 percent and 62 percent.

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  • Nikolitch, Radoje, 1972. "Family-Size Farms in U.S. Agriculture," Miscellaneous Publications 324118, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:324118
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.324118
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    1. Mighell, Ronald L. & Jones, Lawrence A., 1963. "Vertical Coordination in Agriculture," Agricultural Economic Reports 307164, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Radoje Nikolitch, 1962. "Family Labor and Technological Advance in Farming," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 44(4), pages 1061-1068.
    3. Marshall Harris, 1969. "Shifts in Entrepreneurial Functions in Agriculture," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 51(3), pages 517-529.
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