Table of Contents
The Importance of Size and Structure in U.S. Agriculture ,Arne Hallam. ;Farm Structure: Concept and Definition ,B. F. Stanton. ;The Structure of Agriculture in an Historical Context ,Wayne D. Rassmussen and B. F. Stanton. ;Changes in Farm Size and Structure in American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century ,B. F. Stanton. ;Recent Changes in Size and Structure of Agriculture: A Study of Selected States in the North Central Region ,Robert H. Hornbaker and Steven R. Denault. ;The Production Cost-Size Relationship: Measurement Issues and Estimates for Three Major Crops ,Mary C. Ahearn, Gerald W. Whittaker, and Hisham El-Osta. ;Economies of Size: Theory, Measurement, and Related Issues ,A. Hallam. ;Empirical Studies of Size, Structure, and Efficiency in Agriculture ,A. Hallam. ;Why Are Some Farms More Successful Than Others? A Review ,Glenn Fox, Philip A. Bergen, and Ed Dickson. ;Use of Firm-Level Agricultural Data Collected and Managed at the State Level for Studying Farm Size Issues ,George L. Casler. ;Micro-Level Agricultural Data Collected and Managed by the Federal Government ,James D. Johnson. ;Technology and Its Impact on American Agriculture ,Marvin T. Batte and Roger Johnson. ;Government Commodity Program Impacts on Farm Numbers ,Luther G. Tweeten. ;Implications of Tax Policy for Farm Structure ,Joseph A. Atwood, Vincent H. Smith, Myles J. Watts, Glen A. Helmers, and Boris Bravo-Ureta. ;Structural Implications of Agricultural Finance ,Cole R. Gustafson and Peter J. Barry. ;A Changing Food and Agribusiness Sector: Its Impacts on Farm Structure ,Michael A. Hudson, Bruce J. Sherrick, and Michael A. Mazzocco. ;Structural Diversity Under Risk: Choice of Durable Assets ,Lindon J. Robison. ;Empirical Analysis of Tenure Patterns and Farm Structure ,Larry Janssen. ;The Structure of Families and Changes in Farm Organization and Structure ,L. Janssen, Ron G. Stover, and Virginia L. Clark. ;Structural Change in Farming and Its Relationship to Rural Communities ,Thomas A. Carlin and William E. Saupe. ;Farm Structure and Stewardship of the Environment ,Jay Dee Atwood and A. Hallam. ;Projections of Structural Change and the Future of American Agriculture ,Kent D. Olson and B. F. Stanton.