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On Part-Time Farming*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

W. Lanny Bateman ,
Odell L. Walker  and
Raleigh A. Jobes
W. Lanny Bateman
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Odell L. Walker
Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
Raleigh A. Jobes
Affiliation:
Clemson University
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Extract

Economic logic and empirical observation suggest that increasing numbers of part-time farms can have important implications for organization of agricultural production and development of rural areas. Production relationships on part-time farms may differ because:

1) Farm operators working off the farm may organize resources and respond to price changes differently than full-time operators;

2) Part-time operators may have different demand functions for production inputs, particularly land and labor, and

3) Part-time operators may achieve different levels of efficiency than their full-time counterparts.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , December 1974 , pp. 137 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1974

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Footnotes

*

Oklahoma State Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Article No. J-2856. Contributions of our colleagues, Leo V. Blakley, Roy E. Hatch and John Allison, and Journal reviewers are gratefully acknowledged.

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