Is There Evidence of a Critical Mass in the Mid-Atlantic Agriculture Sector Between 1949 and 1997?
| dc.creator | Lynch, Lori | |
| dc.creator | Carpenter, Janet | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:18:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:12:52Z | |
| dc.description | Ongoing farmland loss has led county planners to ask "is there a critical mass of farmland needed?" to retain a viable agricultural sector. This study examines whether counties lost farmland at a faster rate if the number of agricultural acres fell below a critical threshold. Results from six Mid-Atlantic states over the period 1949 to 1997 indicate that counties with fewer agricultural acres lost farmland at a faster rate. However, after splitting the study period into two time segments (1949-1978 and 1978-1997) and modeling separately, this result was not found for the later time period, suggesting a uniform critical mass level may not exist. Population growth in a county accelerated farmland loss over all time periods. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.31348 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31348/files/32010116.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31348 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/546517 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31348 | |
| dc.title | Is There Evidence of a Critical Mass in the Mid-Atlantic Agriculture Sector Between 1949 and 1997? | |
| dc.type | Text |