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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Commodity Payments, Farm Business Survival, and Farm Size Growth
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| Autores: |
Key, Nigel D.
Roberts, Michael J.
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| Data: |
2009-12-23
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| Ano: |
2007
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agricultural payments
Farm size
Farm survival
Concentration
Consolidation
Government payments
Commodity programs.
Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy
Community/Rural/Urban Development
Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management
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| Resumo: |
In the last 25 years, U.S. crop farms have steadily declined in number and grown in average size, as production has shifted to larger operations. Larger farms tend to receive more commodity program payments because most payments are tied to a farm’s current or historical production, but whether payments have contributed to farm growth is uncertain. This study uses farm-level data from the census of agriculture to determine whether there is a statistical relationship between farm commodity program payments and greater concentration in production. The analysis indicates that, at the regional level, higher commodity program payments per acre are associated with subsequent farm growth. Also, higher payments per acre are associated with higher rates of farm survival and growth.
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| Tipo: |
Report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/55968
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| Relação: |
United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Economic Research Report
Economic Research Report
Number 51
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| Formato: |
41
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