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Farm Structure: Questions and Answers

Farm Structure

What is "farm structure" and how has it changed?

Who are small farmers and what do they contribute?

What is a "family farm?"

Are family farms disappearing?

How does the change in farm numbers vary by farm size?

How many farmers are there?

How do changes in farm structure affect the distribution of farm payments?

What role do small farms play in U.S. agriculture?

Farm Characteristics

How important is off-farm income to farm households?

How many minority farmers are there?

How concentrated is U.S. agricultural production?

How has farmers' use of rented land changed over time?

How does the age of farmers differ from that of other members of the labor force?

What are emergent adaptive small farm enterprises?

Agricultural Contracting

How common is the use of marketing and production contracts?

How extensive is production contracting in the U.S.?

How has production contracting for livestock evolved?

What are the general terms of production contracts in livestock?

Do livestock producers with contracts have other alternatives for marketing their product?

Corporate Farming

What are family corporations?

Is corporate farming becoming more prevalent?

Coordination: The larger role of public corporation in agriculture?

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Updated date: April 27, 2005