Small Farm Businesses: A Typology of Farm, Operator, and Family Characteristics with Implications for Public Research and Extension Policy
| dc.creator | Buttel, Frederick H. | |
| dc.creator | Gertler, Michael E. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T15:00:49Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T07:34:39Z | |
| dc.description | Data from a 1979 New York survey were analyzed to develop a systematic multivariate typology of small farmers (i.e., operators of small farm businesses) which would be useful in designing and targeting public program. Farm business size, operator's age, and off-farm employment were the most important dimensions of variation. A typology was constructed by successive dichotomization of low and moderate sales volume farms; operators 49 years of age and under, and 50 and over; and families with and without off-farm income. Means for economic and social indicators were computed for each of the resulting eight categories. Low sales volume farm families with relatively old operators and without off-farm employment were found to experience very low total family incomes. Suggestions are made regarding how public extension and research program:; may be developed and targeted with specific categories of the most needy small farmers in mind. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.159797 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/159797/files/Small%20farm.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/159797 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/589877 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/159797 | |
| dc.title | Small Farm Businesses: A Typology of Farm, Operator, and Family Characteristics with Implications for Public Research and Extension Policy | |
| dc.type | Text |