Factors Affecting Farmers' Attachments to Production Agriculture

Roger J. Beck and Eric H. Frymire

Review of Agricultural Economics, 1989, vol. 11, issue 1, 49-57

Abstract: How economic factors such as the employment structure in rural communities affect the structure of agriculture, particularly through the rural labor market needs to be addressed. This paper uses principal components analysis to form an index reflecting attachment of Illinois farm operators to production agriculture. Between 1978 and 1982 farm operators in Illinois counties dominated by larger farms were more likely to devote more time to available off-farm employment opportunities than farm operators in counties characterized by smaller farms.

Date: 1989
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