THE RELEVANCE OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY DIRECTED TOWARD SMALL FARMERS

W. Arden Colette

No 283607, 1977 AAEA-WAEA Joint Meeting, July 31-August 3, San Diego, California from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: During the past few years, attention has begun to be focused on the plight of the small-farm operator. Even with this increased attention a general concensus has not been reached as to the definition of a small farm. My program assistant likes to define a small farmer as one who stands less than 5'311 in height and weighs less than 120 pounds. Although this provides a very definite criteria for defining a small farmer it gives us very little insight into the economic situation and the problems faced by the small-farm population. Neither the physical size of the operator nor the physical size of the farm operation is very helpful in defining the economic problem faced by small-farm operators. The 1969 Census of Agricultural (1) reports that there are approximately 180,000 farms that contain more than 140 acres yet have gross sales of less than $2,500.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 1977-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.283607

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