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On Part-Time Farming*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2015
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.
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- Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1974
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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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