Producers get Squeezed up the Farming Food Chain: A Theory of Crop Portfolio Composition and Land Use

Steven Blank ()

Review of Agricultural Economics, 2001, vol. 23, issue 2, 404-422

Abstract: There are a number of seemingly contradictory trends in the structure of American agriculture. For example, total revenues from agriculture in the United States continue to increase nearly every year, yet the total acreage of land in farms continues to decrease. This article presents an explanation using portfolio theory that is consistent both with the trends and with rational behavior of individual producers. The results have implications for commodity markets, land prices, and, in the long run, for the economic viability of American production agriculture.

Date: 2001
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