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Family-Operated Farms: Their Compatibility with Technological Advance

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  • Radoje Nikolitch

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Concepts and measurements were developed to test the hypothesis of the compatibility of the family farm with the postwar economic and technological changes in the organization of farm production. The results suggest that both static and dynamic economic forces continue to influence the patttern of this organization. Although the present family and larger-than-family farms only remotely resemble those in the past, they continue their coexistence in approximately the same proportions. Thus, despite profound changes, farms continue to be mostly family-operated and family-owned businesses, and family labor continues to be dominant in farming. However, in some traditional locations in California, Florida and a few other States, farm production comes mostly from larger-than-family farms—with hired labor as the dominant labor force.

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  • Radoje Nikolitch, 1969. "Family-Operated Farms: Their Compatibility with Technological Advance," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 51(3), pages 530-545.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:51:y:1969:i:3:p:530-545.
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    1. Miller, Matthew Edward, 2003. "An economic perspective on Iowa farm diversification in the twentieth century," ISU General Staff Papers 2003010108000018194, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    2. King, Richard A., 1970. "Morphology, Modes Of Behavior, And Measures Of Market Power: A Framework For Evaluating The Impact Of Industrialization Of Southern Agriculture On Markets And Market Structure," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 2(1), pages 1-5, December.
    3. Harvey James, 1999. "Owner as Manager, Extended Horizons and the Family Firm," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 41-55.
    4. Ademar Ribeiro Romeiro, 2001. "Développement économique et agriculture familiale au Brésil," Revue Tiers Monde, Programme National Persée, vol. 42(167), pages 633-655.

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