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Structural and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms: 2001 Family Farm Report [PDF]

Family farms vary widely in size and other characteristics, ranging from very small retirement and residential farms to establishments with sales in the millions of dollars.
Durst, Ron L., Green, Robert C., Johnson, James D., Korb, Penelope J., Monke, James D., Perry, Janet E., Ryan, James T., Sommer, Judith E.   +7 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Network embeddedness, entrepreneurial bricolage, and family farm sustainability

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Family farm sustainability is an essential guarantee for increasing the resilience of food systems. Based on the network embeddedness theory and entrepreneurial bricolage theory, an exploratory longitudinal case study was adopted.
Haixia Duan, Zhaochen Wang, Zhaohui Yi, Xiaohua Su   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the sustainable development level of grain family farms in main grain-producing areas based on agricultural multi-function: a case study of Hunan Province in China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionGrain family farms play an important role in promoting agricultural modernization and rural revitalization in China. Taking Hunan Province as an example, based on survey data from 400 grain family farms and agricultural multi-function theory,
Wei Duan, Wei Duan, Yuehong Pan
doaj   +1 more source

Parental Motivation in Family Farm Intergenerational Transfers [PDF]

An intergenerational transfer model incorporating both altruism and exchange is presented for family farm transfers. A simulation study is conducted to test parental motivation in intergenerational transfers of family farm businesses.
Belasco, Eric J., Hudson, Darren, Johnson, Jeffrey W., Johnson, Phillip N., Lange, Kelly Y.   +4 more
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Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Non-Agricultural Management Experience on Eco-Friendly Practices in Chinese Family Farms

Agricultural & Rural Studies
Encouraging and supporting family farms to embrace eco-friendly agricultural production methods can have a significant positive impact on sustainable agricultural development.
Jia Yue, Siyao Chen, Qiang Liu, Zhixiong Weng   +3 more
doaj  

Economic, Social, and Environmental Factors Impacting Resilience and Disturbances of Lithuanian Family Farms

Agriculture
Climate change, changes in the natural environment, changing markets, price volatility, etc. pose tension and threats to the future of European Union farms.
Algimantas Kurlavičius, Jan Žukovskis, Dariusz Gozdowski, Elżbieta Wójcik-Gront   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomonitoring for farm families in the farm family exposure study.

Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 2006
The Farm Family Exposure Study was conducted to evaluate real-world pesticide exposure for farmers, spouses, and children.Eligible farm families from Minnesota and South Carolina were randomly selected from a roster of licensed private pesticide applicators.
Jack S, Mandel, Bruce H, Alexander, Beth A, Baker, John F, Acquavella, Pamela, Chapman, Richard, Honeycutt   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source