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Application of unsupervised learning to cluster swine breeding herds based on key performance indicators in Southern Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesTransl Anim Sci
Ulguim RR   +10 more
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Farm Income Variability and the Supply of Off-Farm Labor

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997
AbstractIf farmers are risk averse, greater farm income variability should increase off‐farm labor supply. This effect is confirmed for a sample of Kansas farmers. Off‐farm employment of farmers and their spouses is also found to be significantly influenced by farm experience, off‐farm work experience, farm size, leverage, efficiency, and farm‐specific
Barry Goodwin, Ashok Mishra
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Mexican Farm Labor

2020
Abstract Mexico, like other Spanish colonies in the Americas, developed a haciendas or latifundia system of farming that required local residents to work for large landowners in exchange for housing and food; 2,000 families owned almost 90 percent of Mexico’s rural land on the eve of the revolution that lasted from 1910 to 1917 and gave ...
Philip L. Martin
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The Off-Farm Labor Supply of Farmers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1982
AbstractTheoretical and empirical models are developed to examine the off‐farm wages, labor force participation, and hours of work of farmers. Econometric estimates use data from a 1971 survey of Illinois farmers. The off‐farm wage depends on farmer human capital and the local labor market. The major result confirms the. sensitivity of off‐farm work to
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Farm Labor

Journal of Farm Economics, 1937
Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Tenth Annual Meeting, Reno NV, June 24-26 ...
Adams, R.L., Adams, R.L.
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Grain subsidy, off-farm labor supply and farmland leasing: Evidence from China

, 2020
This study investigates the impact of direct grain subsidy and off-farm labor supply on farmland leasing options in China, using multinomial logit and farm household-level data. Results show that the grain subsidy has a significant and positive effect on
Bao-Ling Zou, A. Mishra, Bi-Liang Luo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Farm Labor

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1977
Farm population estimates indicate that the massive off-farm exodus is approaching its termination; during 1970-74 the rate of farm population decline fell to an average 1.2 percent per year. Estimates of farm occupations for 1974 imply that the nation's agriculture is dominantly a self-employment industry, though multiple job holding is widespread ...
Varden Fuller, Bert Mason
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