Farm Households Divide Their Time Between On-Farm and Off-Farm Labor

Daniel Prager

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. December 2018, issue 11

Abstract: Survey data show that the more time allotted to the farm operation, the less time available for off-farm employment. Households operating larger farms devote more of their time toward the farm operation (54 hours per week) than households operating smaller farms (24 hours per week), and they also derive more income from the operation. Commodity type and operator age were also factors.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302676

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