Selected Economic and Political Issues of Alien Ownership of United States Farmland

Kenny Hulshof

No 278183, 1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: A few years past, agriculturists were concerned about the extinction of the family farm due to increasing land prices, high interest rates, droughts, and low market price.z, for farm commodities. 'The•'_fearth'at -corporate ownership would squeeze the family farm out of the market prompted many states to enact legislation prohibiting corporate ownership of agricultural land. 'Recently, however, a new fear has arisen. The emergence of certain ..oil-producing countries as world-wide economic powers has -led- to the belief that these nations will use, their newly-acquired wealth to dominate farm production in the United States.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 1979-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278183

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