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Farmland Ownership In The United States

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  • Daugherty, Arthur B.
  • Otte, Robert C.

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Over 83 percent of the farmland in private ownership in 1978 was held by sole proprietors, husbands and wives, or family partnerships. Nonfamily corporations owned less than 4 percent of the farmland but reported an average of 520 acres per owner compared to 129 for individual and family ownerships. The 1 percent of farmland owners with the largest holdings held about 30 percent of the farmland. Farmland owners in the aggregate reported operating 70 percent of their holdings. However, only about 40 percent of the farmland was owned by farmers who operate only land they own. Owners who considered farming their principal occupation owned 57 percent of the reported farmland.

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  • Daugherty, Arthur B. & Otte, Robert C., 1983. "Farmland Ownership In The United States," Staff Reports 276769, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:276769
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276769
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    1. Bills, Nelson L. & Heimlich, Ralph E., 1984. "Assessing Erosion on U.S. Cropland: Land Management and Physical Features," Agricultural Economic Reports 307957, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Bernat, G. Andrew, Jr., 1987. "Farmland Ownership And Leasing In The United States, 1982," Staff Reports 277936, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Wunderlich, Gene, 0. "Landownership Policy," Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, Farm Foundation.
    4. Stanton, B.F., 1989. "Changes In Farm Size And Structure In American Agriculture In The Twentieth Century," 1989 Conference, January 7-10, Tucson, Arizona 260156, Regional Research Committe NC-181: Determinants of Farm Size and Structure.
    5. Stanton, B.F., 1989. "Changes in Farm Size and Structure in American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century," Staff Papers 197561, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    6. Stanton, Bernard F., 1990. "Changes in Farm Size and Structure in American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century," Staff Papers 121535, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    7. Bills, Nelson L., 1985. "Cropland Rental and Soil Conservation in the United States," Agricultural Economic Reports 307973, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    8. Gertel, Karl & Lewis, Douglas G. & Miranda, Kenneth M., 1985. "Investment In Land By Landowner Classes," Staff Reports 277651, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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