Small Farms in the United States: Persistence Under Pressure
| dc.creator | Hoppe, Robert A. | |
| dc.creator | MacDonald, James M. | |
| dc.creator | Korb, Penelope J. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:53:06Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:05:29Z | |
| dc.description | Ninety-one percent of U.S. farms are classified as small—gross cash farm income (GCFI) of less than $250,000. About 60 percent of these small farms are very small, generating GCFI of less than $10,000. These very small noncommercial farms, in some respects, exist independently of the farm economy because their operators rely heavily on off-farm income. The remaining small farms—small commercial farms—account for most small-farm production. Overall farm production, however, continues to shift to larger operations, while the number of small commercial farms and their share of sales maintain a long-term decline. The shift to larger farms will continue to be gradual, because some small commercial farms are profitable and others are willing to accept losses. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.58300 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58300/files/EIB63.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58300 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/558891 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/58300 | |
| dc.title | Small Farms in the United States: Persistence Under Pressure | |
| dc.type | Text |