RELATION OF THE COST-PRICE SQUEEZE TO THE REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF AMERICAN FARMS

A.B. Lewis

No 284549, 1974 Annual Meeting, August 18-21, College Station, Texas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Farm price relationships were so unfavorable from the early 1950 1s through 1971 that only with the disappearance of nearly one-half the farms: and their consolidation with the survivors, with a great increase in farm mortgage debt, was it possible for remaining farmers to achieve family incomes competitive by American standards.

Keywords: Demand; and; Price; Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 1974-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284549

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