TITLE: Part-time Farming, Small Farms and Farming in the United States
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1 NAL Call. No.: 275.29 AL14
99 ways to save money.
Turner, J.
Auburn, Ala. : The Service; 1990 Jun.
Circular HE - Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn
University (562): 3 p.; 1990 Jun. In Subseries: Crossroads.
Helping Farm Families Achieve Financial Stability. AGL.
Language: English
Descriptors: Alabama; Money management; Savings
2 NAL Call. No.: 275.29 AL14
99 ways to save money.
Turner, J.
Auburn, Ala. : The Service; 1989 Jun.
Circular HE - Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn
University (562): 4 p.; 1989 Jun. In subseries: Crossroads.
Helping Farm Families Achieve Financial Stability.
Language: English
Descriptors: Alabama; Money management; Cost control; Heating
costs; Cooling; Transport; Clothing; Household consumption;
Foods; Children
3 NAL Call. No.: HD1773.A2N6
Accounting for the importance of nonfarm income on farm family
income inequality in New York.
Boisvert, R.N.; Ranney, C.
Morgantown, W.Va. : The Northeastern Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association; 1990 Apr.
Northeastern journal of agricultural and resource economics v.
19 (1): p. 1-11; 1990 Apr. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Farm families; Rural sociology;
Agricultural households; Dairy farming; Farmers' income; Non-
farm income; Income distribution; Dairy statistics; Economic
situation; Gini coefficient; Regression analysis; Econometric
models; Literature reviews
4 NAL Call. No.: S77.M6
Adjustments of farm families to economic stress: a two year
study. Rettig, K.D.; Bauer, J.W.; Danes, S.M.
St. Paul, Minn. : The Station; 1990.
Minnesota report - University of Minnesota, Agricultural
Experiment Station (220): 27 p. ill; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: Minnesota; Farm families; Economic situation
5 NAL Call. No.: HT401.A36
The African American experience in agriculture.
Hunte, C.N.
Gainesville, Fla. : Humanities and Agriculture, University of
Florida; 1992. Agriculture and human values v. 9 (1): p.
11-14; 1992. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Louisiana; Blacks; Agriculture; Land; History;
Education; Farm families; Regional surveys; Agricultural
colleges
6 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
After the farm...the experience of farmers in southwestern
Wisconsin. Bentley, S.; Saupe, W.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1990 Feb.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 6 (2): p. 7-11; 1990
Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wisconsin; Farm closures; Finance; Off-farm
employment; Retirement; Farm families; Farmers' income
7 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
Agrarian or non-agrarian identities of farm spouses.
Moore, K.M.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1989.
Rural sociology v. 54 (1): p. 74-82; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wisconsin; Farm families; Rural women; Farm
surveys; Life style; Off-farm employment; Farm surveys;
Discriminant analysis; Goals; Farmers' attitudes; Role
perception
8 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
Agrarianism, family farming, and support for state
intervention in agriculture.
Molnar, J.J.; Wu, L.S.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1989.
Rural sociology v. 54 (2): p. 227-245; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Agrarian countries; Family farming;
National surveys; Support measures; Public opinion; Rural
environment; Age differences; Politics; Education; Income
distribution
Abstract: The United States emerged as a nation in an era
where more than 90 percent of the population was involved in
farming. It is a precept of agricultural fundamentalism that
there is something special and superior about the farm way of
life. Family farming may be thought of as an icon, a
representation of collective sentiments encompassing
significant national values and identity. Agrarian principles
find strong support among farmers and rural residents, but
little research has taken a national perspective on the issue.
Policy makers face major choices about continued high
subsidization of agriculture or accelerated economic Darwinism
in the face of technological change and shifting world supply
and demand conditions. Results from a mail survey of a
national sample of households suggest that the agrarian
complex remains tied to rural and agricultural experiences,
age, liberal political orientation, and is inversely related
to education and income. Net of major indicators of class,
region, and ties to farming and agriculture, agrarianism is
shown to undergird support for family farming and a
willingness to endorse state intervention in the agricultural
sector. The policy implications of these findings are
addressed.
9 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
Agrarianism in American society.
Dalecki, M.G.; Coughenour, C.M.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1992.
Rural sociology v. 57 (1): p. 48-64; 1992. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Society; Beliefs; Social values;
Agriculture; Family farms; Surveys; Attitudes
Abstract: Sociological studies indicate that adherence to the
tenets of agrarianism is still widespread in American society.
But efforts to identify the structural roots of agrarianism
have been only partially successful in that only a small
portion of the variation in support of agrarianism can be
explained thereby. The multidimensionality of agrarian beliefs
and the linkages with underlying values prevalent in American
society are explored with data drawn from a national sample of
adults. Results indicate that tenets of the agrarian creed are
widely endorsed by the American public as a whole. Moreover,
beliefs are organized in the form of attitudinal (factor)
dimensions corresponding to four of the five tenets of
agrarianism identified by Flinn and Johnson (1974): family
farm, agrarian fundamentalism, yeomanship (independence), and
farm life style. The analysis of scale scores for the first
three dimensions indicates that each expresses a different
social ethic that is revealed in the unique configuration of
American values to which it is significantly related.
10 NAL Call. No.: 280.29 AM3A
Agricultural cooperatives for small-scale agricultural and
rural communities. Christy, R.D.; Gebremedhin, T.G.
Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Cooperation; 1989.
American cooperation. p. 125-134. ill; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Rural communities;
Cooperatives; Low income groups; Agricultural structure
11 NAL Call. No.: HD101.S6
Agricultural Planning Expert: a model of farm enterprise
selection. Levins, R.A.; Rego, W.T.
Experiment, Ga. : The Association; 1990 Dec.
Southern journal of agricultural economics - Southern
Agricultural Economics Association v. 22 (2): p. 63-68; 1990
Dec. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Maryland; Farm planning; Small farms; Expert
systems; Decision making; Farm enterprises; Microcomputers;
Databases; Flow charts; Extension
Abstract: Agricultural Planning Expert is a software model
designed for advising small-scale farmers in southern
Maryland. Choosing farm enterprises is modelled as consisting
of four activities: suggesting enterprises for consideration,
investigating the suitability of enterprises, allocating
resources to suitable enterprises, and controlling the overall
direction of an advising session.
12 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R873
Agricultural safety and health: a resource guide.
Zimmerman, J.
Beltsville, Md. : The Center; 1992 Mar.
Rural Information Center publication series (16): 62 p.; 1992
Mar. Bibliography.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farmers; Farm workers; Farm families;
Safety at work; Health hazards; Children; Occupational hazards
13 NAL Call. No.: HD1765.A37
Agriculture during the Great Depression.
Dubofsky, Melvyn,_1934; Burwood, Stephen
New York : Garland,; 1990.
251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (The Great Depression and the New Deal
; 4). Includes bibliographical references.
Language: English
Descriptors: United States; Rural conditions; Agriculture;
Economic aspects; United States; History; 20th century;
Agriculture and state; United States; History; 20th century;
Family farms; United States; History; 20th century;
Depressions; 1929; United States; New Deal, 1933-1939
14 NAL Call. No.: HD1761.U4
Agriculture progress made toward goals of 1985 farm bill :
briefing report to congressional requesters.. Progress made
toward goals of 1985 farm bill United States. General
Accounting Office
Washington, D.C. : The Office,; 1989.
73 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Cover title. March 1989.
GAO/RCED-89-76BR. Bibliography : p. 71-73.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Agriculture; Economic aspects; United States;
Family farms; United States; Agricultural laws and
legislation; United States; Family farms; Law and legislation;
United States
15 NAL Call. No.: S601.A34
Agroecological foundations of alternative agriculture in
California. Altieri, M.A.
Amsterdam : Elsevier; 1992 Mar31.
Agriculture, ecosystems and environment v. 39 (1/2): p. 23-53;
1992 Mar31. Special Issue: Sustainable Agriculture.
Literature review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Farming systems; Cropping systems;
Sustainability; Ecosystems; Diversification; Agribusiness;
Small farms; Biological control; Literature reviews
16 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
Alternative farming enterprises for limited resource farmers
in the 1990's and beyond.
Dagher, M.A.; Gray, J.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 169-177; 1989. In the series
analytic: Outreach to the Rural Disadvantaged: issues and
strategies for the 21st century / edited by N. Baharanyi, R.
Zabawa, W. Hill. Meeting held December 3-5, 1989, Tuskegee,
Alabama. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Alternative farming; Farm
enterprises; Resource utilization
17 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U6G43 1993
American dreams, rural realities family farms in crisis.
Barlett, Peggy F.,
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,; 1993.
xxii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (Studies in rural culture).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-296) and index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dodge County (Ga.); Rural conditions; Family
farms; Agriculture
18 NAL Call. No.: jS519.A53 1989
The American family farm a photo essay., 1st ed..
Ancona, George; Anderson, Joan
San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,; 1989.
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language: English
Descriptors: Farm life; United States; Juvenile literature;
Family farms; United States; Juvenile literature; Agriculture;
United States; Juvenile literature
19 NAL Call. No.: S451.I8Y63 1990
Amish agriculture in Iowa indigenous knowledge for sustainable
small-farm systems.
Yoder, Rhonda Lou
Iowa State University, Technology and Social Change Program
Ames, Iowa : Technology and Social Change Program, Iowa State
University, in collaboration with the Leiden Ethnosystems and
Development Programme, Institute of Cultural and Social
Studies, University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands,; 1990.
iv, 69 p. ; 28 cm. (Studies in technology and social change
series ; no. 15.). Includes bibliographical references (p.
58-68).
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Farmers; Amish; Agriculture; Sustainable
agriculture; Farms, Small
20 NAL Call. No.: HD1775.O5C87
Analysis of earnings for males with comparisons to farm
operators and farm workers.
Perry, J.E.; Schreiner, D.F.
Stillwater, Okla. : The Station; 1991 Dec.
Current farm economics - Agricultural Experiment Station,
Division of Agriculture, Oklahoma State University v. 64 (4):
p. 16-29; 1991 Dec. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Males; Farm families; Earned income; Off-
farm employment; Farmers; Farm workers; Comparisons; Age;
Occupations; Opportunity costs
21 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
An analysis of problems confronting part-time and full-time
small-scale vegetable producers in Mississippi.
Reddy, C.R.; Huam, L.C.; Donald, S.L.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 151-161; 1989. In the series
analytic: Outreach to the Rural Disadvantaged: issues and
strategies for the 21st century / edited by N. Baharanyi, R.
Zabawa, W. Hill. Meeting held December 3-5, 1989, Tuskegee,
Alabama. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Mississippi; Vegetables; Crop production; Small
farms; Farm surveys; Full time farming; Part time farming;
Growers; Farm families; Socioeconomic status; Demography
22 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Arizona's catfish hunter.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1989. Arizona land & people v. 39 (1): p. 2-5. ill; 1989.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Siluroidea; Fish farms; Small farms;
Tanks; Algae; Flavors; Arid zones
23 NAL Call. No.: RC620.A1J6
Associations of cardiovascular disease risk factors with
measures of energy expenditure and caloric intake in a farm
population.
Bazzarre, T.L.; Murdoch, S.D.; Wu, S.L.; Hopkins, R.G.
New York, N.Y. : John Wiley & Sons; 1992 Feb.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition v. 11 (1): p.
42-49. charts; 1992 Feb. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Carolina; Energy intake; Obesity; Energy
expenditure; Cardiovascular diseases; Risk; Farm families;
High density lipoprotein; Cholesterol; Blood serum; Food
intake; Body weight; Energy metabolism; Men; Women
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the
relationships of several cardiovascular disease risk factors
[blood pressure (BP), total cholesterol (TC), high-density-
lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and the HDL-C:TC ratio], as
well as the body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat with
daily energy intake (EI) and daily energy expenditure (EE) of
North Carolina farmers and their wives. Data were collected
from 195 subjects. Daily EI and EE were estimated from 4-day
food and 4-day activity records. respectively, collected on
the same days. Pearson correlation coefficients for chronic
disease risk factors with both EI and EE were generally low.
When compared to EI, EE was more highly correlated with both
lean body mass (r = 0.88) and BMI (r = 0.73). and was less
time consuming and easier for the subjects to use. EE obtained
from a reliable activity record may be a more practical tool
for assessing the possible relationship(s) of energy
metabolism to chronic disease risk factors.
24 NAL Call. No.: HD101.S6
Attitudes toward government involvement in agriculture:
results of a national survey.
Duffy, P.A.
Experiment, Ga. : The Association; 1989 Jul.
Southern journal of agricultural economics - Southern
Agricultural Economics Association v. 21 (1): p. 121-130; 1989
Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Attitudes; Public opinion; Family
farming; National surveys; Agricultural policy; Program
evaluation; Government; Regional surveys; Development aid;
Soil conservation
Abstract: This study reports results from a nation-wide
survey of public attitudes toward agriculture. The study
focuses on attitudes toward government involvement in
agriculture across regions of the county and residential
categories.
25 NAL Call. No.: HC107.A13A6
Back on the farm.
Killham, N.
Washington, D.C. : Appalachian Regional Commission; 1990.
Appalachia v. 23 (4): p. 26-32. ill; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: Tennessee; Farm enterprises; Farm families;
Family farms; Off-farm employment
26 NAL Call. No.: 100 N813B
Becoming part of the solution. A sucess story for rural North
Dakota. Leistritz, F.L.; Ekstrom, B.L.
Fargo, N.D. : The Station; 1989 Nov.
North Dakota farm research - North Dakota, Agricultural
Experiment Station v. 47 (3): p. 8-9, 18; 1989 Nov. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Rural areas; Economic development;
Employment; Non-farm income; Input output analysis
27 NAL Call. No.: 100 N813B
Beginning farmers in North Dakota.
Leistritz, F.L.; Ekstrom, B.L.; Wanzek, J.; Mortenson, T.L.
Fargo, N.D. : The Station; 1990 May.
North Dakota farm research - North Dakota, Agricultural
Experiment Station v. 47 (6): p. 27-29; 1990 May. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Family farms; Eeconomics;
Characteristics; Farmers; Demography; Surveys
28 NAL Call. No.: 6 F2212
A beginning lesson in marketing.
Smith, D.
Philadelphia, Pa. : The Journal; 1989 Jan.
Farm journal v. 113 (2): p. 14-16. ill; 1989 Jan.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ohio; Farmers; Grain; Marketing techniques;
Options trading; Family farms; Investment functions; Decision
making; Computer applications; Information services
29 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
Black farmers: Why such a severe and continuing decline?.
Beale, C.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1991 Feb.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 7 (2): p. 12-14; 1991
Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Blacks; Farmers; Small farms; Land
ownership; History
30 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Black workers in southern rural labor markets.
Cho, W.K.; Ogunwole, S.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1989.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 4: p. 189-206;
1989. In the series analytic: Rural Labor Markets / guest
editors; W.W. Falk and T.A. Lyson. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South central states of U.S.A.; South eastern
states of U.S.A.; Blacks; Rural areas; Labor market; Off-farm
employment; Employment opportunities; Agricultural manpower;
History
31 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.N6N62
Blackberry production in North Carolina.
Poling, E.B.
Raleigh, N.C. : The Service; 1989 May.
AG - North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, North
Carolina State University (401): 11 p. ill., maps; 1989 May.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Carolina; Rubus fruticosus; Small farms;
Crop enterprises; Cultural methods; Marketing techniques
32 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U6M64
Breaking hard ground] stories of the Minnesota farm advocates.
Hunter, Dianna,
Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow] Press ; New York, N.Y. : Talman Co.
[distributor],; 1990.
xvii, 196 p. : ill. ; 26 x 18 cm.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Farms, Small; Family farms; Bankruptcy; Legal
assistance to farmers; Pro se representation
33 NAL Call. No.: 284.28 W15
Bull market: beef process stay lofty as ranchers avoid usual
overexpansion. Kilman, S.
New York, N.Y. : Dow Jones; 1991 Jul23.
The Wall Street journal. p. A1, A6; 1991 Jul23.
Language: English
Descriptors: Nebraska; Beef production; Family farms; Market
prices
34 NAL Call. No.: HD2346.U5R8
A business plan is important when working with a lender.
Menomonee Falls, Wis. : The Journal; 1989.
Rural enterprise v. 3 (2): p. 5-8. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wisconsin; Loans; Farm enterprises; Technical
aid; Farm families; Financial planning; History; Guidelines
35 NAL Call. No.: HD2346.U5R8
California Small Farm Center offers wide variety of services.
Menomonee Falls, Wis. : The Journal; 1989.
Rural enterprise v. 3 (2): p. 29. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Small farms; Information centers;
Services; Information dissemination
36 NAL Call. No.: 100 IL64
Can sustainable agriculture sustain the farm family?.
Van Es, J.C.; Reber, R.J.
Urbana, Ill. : The Station; 1989.
Illinois research - Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
v. 31 (3/4): p. 4-5; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Agriculture; Sustainability; Farm income
37 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.N7A4
Century farm families.
Joyce, L.T.
Middletown, N.Y. : Cornell Cooperative Ext.--Orange County
Agriculture Program, Education Center; 1989 Jan.
Agfocus : publication of Cornell Cooperative Extension--Orange
County. p. 1; 1989 Jan.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Farm families; Family farms
38 NAL Call. No.: HD1773.A3N6
Changes in the distribution of income and wealth of farm
households: evidence from Wisconsin panel data.
Gould, B.W.; Saupe, W.E.
Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University; 1990 Jan.
North Central journal of agricultural economics v. 12 (1): p.
31-46; 1990 Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wisconsin; Dairy farming; Farm families;
Household income; Farmers' income; Owner's equity; Income
distribution; Roles; Non-farm income; Off-farm employment;
Farm surveys; Farm entrants; Rural welfare; Welfare economics;
Econometric models; Gini coefficient; Case studies; Farm
closures
39 NAL Call. No.: 100 C12CAG
Chapter 12 anad farm bankruptcy in California.
Innes, R.; Keller, E.; Carman, H.
Oakland, Calif. : Division of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, University of California; 1989 Nov.
California agriculture v. 43 (6): p. 28-31; 1989 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Family farms; Farm indebtedness;
Legislation; Bankruptcy; Regulations; Courts; Informal sector;
Repayment; Interest rates; Assets; Basic needs
40 NAL Call. No.: S494.5.B563H37
Choices for the heartland alternative directions in
biotechnology and implications for family farming, rural
communities, and the environment. Hassebrook, Chuck; Hegyes,
Gabriel
Iowa State University, Technology and Social Change Program,
Center for Rural Affairs
Ames, Iowa : Technology and Social Change Program ; Walthill,
Neb. : Center for Rural Affairs,; 1989.
113 p. ; 28 cm. (Studies in technology and social change, no.
9). Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-111).
Language: English
Descriptors: Agricultural biotechnology; North Central States
41 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
Community ties to the farm.
Henderson, D.; Tweeten, L.; Schriener, D.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1989 Jun.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 5 (3): p. 31-35. ill;
1989 Jun.
Language: English
Descriptors: Oklahoma; Farm structure; Rural communities;
Structural change; Rural economy; Supply balance; Economic
resources; Consumer expenditure; Farm families; Business;
Economic impact
42 NAL Call. No.: S67.E2
A comparison of rice production cost, Japan and southwest
Louisiana. Hashimoto, K.; Heagler, A.M.; McManus, B.
Baton Rouge, La. : The Station; 1992 Mar.
A.E.A. information series - Louisiana Agricultural Experiment
Station (106): 65 p.; 1992 Mar. Includes statistical data.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Louisiana; Japan; Oryza sativa; Production costs;
Price support; History; Agricultural policy; Small farms;
Marketing; Site preparation; Sowing; Transplanting;
Statistics; Harvesting; Labor costs; Fertilizers; Pest
control; Disease control; Irrigation
43 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
The Conrads in the Alberta cattle business, 1875-1911.
Klassen, H.C.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1990.
Agricultural history v. 64 (3): p. 31-59; 1990. Literature
review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Alberta; Montana; Cattle husbandry; Decision
making; Family farms; Farm management; History; Non-farm
income; Ranching; Literature reviews
44 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.M9E23
The conservation reserve program in Montana: a descriptive
analysis of farms with CRP contracts.
Johnson, J.B.; Standaert, J.E.; Smith, H.A.
Bozeman, Mont. : The Service; 1989 Oct.
EB - Montana State University, Extension Service (57): 47 p.;
1989 Oct.
Language: English
Descriptors: Montana; Land banks; Farm surveys; Acreage;
Farmers; Land ownership; Land use; Fertilizers; Off-farm
employment; Farm indebtedness
45 NAL Call. No.: 290.9 AM32P
Consistent classification of farm accidents as farm work-
related, recreational, home-related or other.
Purschwitz, M.A.; Field, W.E.
St. Joseph, Mich. : The Society; 1989.
Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers (89-5534):
7 p.; 1989. Paper presented at the "1989 International Winter
Meeting sponsored by The American Society of Agricultural
Engineers," December 12-15, 1989, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Accidents; Farm families
46 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Consumption patterns, hardship, and stress among farm
households. Lobao, L.M.; Meyer, K.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1991.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 5: p. 191-209;
1991. In the series analytic: Household strategies / edited
by D.C. Clay and H.K. Schwarzweller. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ohio; Men; Women; Farm families; Agricultural
households; Household consumption; Mental stress; Agricultural
crises; Economic depression
47 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
Contrasts and commonalities: Hispanic and Anglo farming in
Conejos County, Colorado.
Gutierrez, P.; Eckert, J.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1991.
Rural sociology v. 56 (2): p. 247-263; 1991. In the series
analytic: Minorities in rural society / edited by J. Gilbert.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Colorado; Hispanics; Farming systems research;
Farm management; Characteristics; Farm size; Objectives;
Comparisons
Abstract: The San Luis Valley farming systems' project sought
to identify improved technologies and better decision-making
capabilities for modest-sized and limited-resource farms.
Characteristics of limited-resource farms operated by Hispanic
and Anglo families, which may or may not be associated with
differential rates of social participation and/or
institutional discrimination, were examined. To determine
characteristics of client farms, data were collected and
stratified on farm resources, farm operations, goal
hierarchies, and operational management strategies. Hispanic
and Anglo farmers differed significantly in several respects.
Key among these differences were crop and livestock enterprise
mixes and the importance of off-farm income to households. For
many farming parameters, farm size, age of farmer, and full-
time/part-time characteristics overshadowed ethnicity as a
determinant of decision-making. However, an important subset
of farm population is composed of Hispanic farmers who operate
below median farm acreage on a part-time basis and for whom
few technological developments or assistance programs are
specifically designed or delivered.
48 NAL Call. No.: 424.8 AM3
The costs of beekeeping. II. Survey of sideline beekeepers.
Hoopingarner, R.; Sanford, M.T.
Hamilton, Ill. : Dadant & Sons; 1991 Feb.
American bee journal v. 131 (2): p. 114-115; 1991 Feb.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Beekeeping; Costs; Honey; Part time
farming
49 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
Credit use and agricultural productivity on black limited-
resource farms. Adutwum, R.O.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 163-168; 1989. In the series
analytic: Outreach to the Rural Disadvantaged: issues and
strategies for the 21st century / edited by N. Baharanyi, R.
Zabawa, W. Hill. Meeting held December 3-5, 1989, Tuskegee,
Alabama. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Blacks; Farmers; Agricultural credit;
Economic impact; Productivity; Cobb-douglas functions; Usda;
Farm inputs; Resource utilization
50 NAL Call. No.: HD1773.A3N6
Crop insurance's role in risk management on hog-crop farms.
Patrick, G.F.; Rao, A.S.
Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University; 1989 Jan.
North Central journal of agricultural economics v. 11 (1): p.
1-10; 1989 Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Indiana; Pig farming; Diversification; Crop
insurance; Deficiency payments; Farm indebtedness; Risks; Non-
farm income; Yield factors; Agricultural policy; Simulation
models; Crop yield; Computer software
Abstract: Multiple peril crop insurance's (MPCI) impact on
Central Indiana hog-crop farms was analyzed under scenarios of
alternative debt/asset ratios, government deficiency payment
programs, and levels of off-farm income and yield
variablility. MPCI reduced the probability of survival of
high-debt farms when yield variability was equal to county
average yields. More positive effects result from use of MPCI
under assumptions of greater available financial resources or
higher levers of yield variability. MPCI is likely to have a
more important role in risk management for the medium-debt
farm or the high-debt farm with off-farm income than for the
other scenarios analyzed.
51 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
Cultural preservation of the Sea Island Gullah: a black social
movement in the post-civil rights era.
Smith, J.P.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1991.
Rural sociology v. 56 (2): p. 284-298; 1991. In the series
analytic: Minorities in rural society / edited by J. Gilbert.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Georgia; South Carolina; Blacks; Ethnic groups;
Cultural behavior; Rural areas; Cultural sociology; Islands;
Land use; Social change
Abstract: Historians have long noted the existence of many
rural Souths in lieu of the single rural monolith noted by
Cash. Analysis, then, must be done on local and not solely on
regional issues. Morris (1984) chronicled the emergence of the
Civil Rights Movement. His thesis is that indigenous community
groups were linked together by black church leadership and
were recruited by national movement organizations (e.g.,
NAACP, SCLC). The thesis of this article is that after the
Civil Rights Movement, small black social movements emerged to
address issues in local areas. These new, emerging social
movement organizations differed with the Civil Rights Movement
in terms of leadership, formalization, goals, and tactics. We
treat the emergence of Sea Island Gullah in South Carolina and
Georgia as an example of one such movement. From
Reconstruction to the Depression, the descendents of slaves
lived in isolated settlements on the remote sea islands.
During this time, they reestablished a culture with authentic
African components and developed mechanisms to transmit the
culture to other islands. By the late 1970s, the land base for
the culture (small farming and fishing) was threatened by land
developers. A social movement organization was formed by
movement entrepreneurs with the help of white and black
volunteers. This movement has aided small farmers who have
lost their land to tax reassessments. It has also sought to
reestablish agriculture in the Sea Islands and promote the
Gullah culture.
52 NAL Call. No.: SF232.V5P57 1990
Cutting Hill a chronicle of a family farm., 1st ed..
Pistorius, Alan
New York : Knopf,; 1990.
xv, 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Cutting Hill (Shoreham, Vt.); Treadway family;
Dairy farming; Vermont; Shoreham; Farm life; Vermont;
Shoreham; Family farms; Vermont; Shoreham
53 NAL Call. No.: HC106.8.E25
A dairy attraction program: an example of economic development
recruitment. Parks, W.
Rosemont, IL : American Economic Development Council; 1992.
Economic development review v. 10 (4): p. 34-37; 1992.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Dairy farms; Family farms; Rural
tourism; Economic development; Recruitment
54 NAL Call. No.: TX5.W47
Dairy farm families' ownership and adequacy of health
insurance. Ackerman, N.M.; Jenson, G.O.; Bailey, D.
S.l. : The Conference :.; 1989.
Papers of the Western Region Home Management Family Economics
Educators : annual conference v. 4: p. 36-41; 1989. Paper
presented at a conference on "Family self-sufficiency:
strategies and implications," November 2-4, 1989, Seattle,
Washington. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Utah; Dairy farming; Farm families; Health
insurance; Ownership conditions; National surveys; Health care
costs
55 NAL Call. No.: S1.T49
Dairy herd size and income over feed cost.
Ellerbrock, M.J.; Norwood, J.S.; Roach, J.D.
Canyon, Tex. : The Consortium; 1989.
Texas journal of agriculture and natural resources : a
publication of the Agricultural Consortium of Texas v. 3: p.
48-51; 1989. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Dairy farms; Dairy herds; Livestock
numbers; Profitability; Factor analysis; Feed requirements;
Farm management; Small farms; Economic viability; Farm size
56 NAL Call. No.: 284.9 M58
Dairying in Michigan's thumb: restructuring for the future.
Schwarzweller, H.
East Lansing, Mich. : The Station; 1992 Mar.
Research report from the Michigan State University
Agricultural Experiment Station, East Lansing (521): 12 p.;
1992 Mar. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Michigan; Dairy farms; Dairy industry; Dairy
statistics; Family farms; Farm size; Private ownership; Farm
indebtedness; Agricultural situation
57 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U52C27
Dan and Susan Port.
Visher, D.
Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center; 1991 Mar.
Small farm news. p. 6; 1991 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Small farms; Management
58 NAL Call. No.: HT401.S68
The decline of black farmers and strategies for survival.
Zabawa, R.; Siaway, A.; Baharanyi, N.
Belhaven, N.C. : The Association; 1990.
Southern rural sociology : journal of the Southern Rural
Sociological Association, Southern Association of Agricultural
Scientists v. 7: p. 106-121; 1990. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Alabama; Small farms; Family farms; Blacks; Rural
sociology; Characteristics; Off-farm employment; Non-farm
income; Rural women; Roles; Farm income; Farmland; Land
ownership; Federal programs; Participation
59 NAL Call. No.: RA771.A1J68
A descriptive analysis of health insurance coverage among farm
families in Minnesota.
Kralewski, J.E.; Liu, Y.; Shapiro, J.
Kansas City, Mo. : National Rural Health Association; 1992.
The Journal of rural health v. 8 (3): p. 178-184; 1992.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Minnesota; Health insurance; Health services;
Farm families; Demography; Rural areas; Health care costs
Abstract: This paper reports the findings of a study of
health insurance coverage and access to health services among
farm families in Minnesota. The study included 1,482 families
actively engaged in farming during 1989. While less than 10
percent of the population were uninsured during this period,
the majority had limited coverage with high deductible and
coinsurance provisions. Moreover, they were paying an
estimated 15 to 20 percent more for their plans than a similar
plan would have cost in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, area.
With the exception of cost, satisfaction with health services
was found to be very high, and there were few indications of
access problems.
60 NAL Call. No.: HT401.S68
Determinants of farmers' satisifactions with farming and with
life: a replication and extension.
Coughenour, C.M.; Swanson, L.
Belhaven, N.C. : The Association; 1992.
Southern rural sociology : journal of the Southern Rural
Sociological Association, Southern Association of Agricultural
Scientists v. 9 (1): p. 45-70; 1992. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kentucky; Farmers' attitudes; Quality of life;
Farming; Work satisfaction; Farm income; Farm surveys;
Regional surveys; Farm size; Off-farm employment;
Characteristics; Education; Academic achievement
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to broaden the
understanding of the determinants of farmers' satisfactions
with life as a whole and with farming per se by replicating
and extending Molnar's 1985 study of the overall subjective
well-being of Alabama farmers. Data from a 1982 study of
Kentucky farmers are used to accomplish this objective.
Molnar's conclusions regarding the individual and structural
determinants of farmers' global well-being are generally
confirmed. In addition, the farmer's global satisfaction with
life is shown to be related to his satisfaction with farming
but the structural determinants of global and farm
satisfaction differ. Net farm income, but not total family
income or off-farm work time, determine farm satisfaction
while the converse is true for global satisfaction with life.
Education is shown to specify farmers who have relatively
large farms but low net farm incomes and dissatisfaction with
farming and with life. Perceived rewards of farming are
important determinants of both satisfaction domains. It is
argued that farmers' opportunities to construct their
workplaces explains the irrelevance of farm size to subjective
well-being.
61 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
The determinants of the migration of labor out of agriculture
in the United States, 1940-85.
Barkley, A.P.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1990
Aug. American journal of agricultural economics v. 72 (3): p.
567-573; 1990 Aug. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm workers; Farmers; Migration;
Occupational change; Off-farm employment; Aggregate data;
Agricultural censuses; Time series; Labor economics;
Regression analysis; Econometric models
Abstract: The flow of labor out of production agriculture is
analyzed using a two-sector model of occupational choice. A
migration equation is specified and tested empirically using
aggregate data for the United States. The economic
determinants of the migration of all farm workers and farm
operators are established. Farm labor is found to be
responsive to changes in the returns to agricultural labor
relative to nonfarm labor returns. Given this responsiveness,
policies intended to increase farm income will affect the
level of agricultural employment.
62 NAL Call. No.: TD420.A1P7
Development of an on-site moderate and limited small farm
wastewater treatment plant.
Yang, P.Y.; Chen, H.; Kongricharoern, N.; Polprasert, C.
Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1993.
Water science and technology : a journal of the International
Association on Water Pollution Research and Control v. 27 (1):
p. 115-121; 1993. In the series analytic: Appropriate waste
management technologies / edited by G. Ho and K. Mathew.
Proceedings of the International Conference, held November
27-28, 1991, Perth, Australia. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Hawaii; Waste water treatment; Small farms;
Bioreactors; Pig slurry
63 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U52C27
Dick and Maxine VrMeer.
Visher, D.
Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center; 1991 Jul.
Small farm news. p. 7; 1991 Jul. Farmer profile.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Family farms; Management
64 NAL Call. No.: HD9000.1.J6
Direct marketing of fresh produce and the concept of small
farmers. Singh, S.P.; Hiremath, B.N.; Comer, S.L.
New York, N.Y. : Haworth Press; 1991.
Journal of international food & agribusiness marketing v. 2
(3/4): p. 97-120; 1991. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Tennessee; Fruit; Vegetables; Fresh
products; Food industry; Food marketing; Direct marketing;
Rural urban relations; Location theory; Small farms
65 NAL Call. No.: aS409.D57
The Directory for small-scale agriculture.. Directory for
small scale agriculture
United States, Cooperative State Research Service, Office for
Small-Scale Agriculture
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Cooperative State
Research Service, Office for Small-Scale Agriculture, [1989?];
1989. ix, 109 p. ; 28 cm. May 1989. Includes indexes.
Language: English
Descriptors: United States; Officials and employees;
Directories; Agriculture; United States; Directories;
Agriculture; Information services; United States; Directories;
Farms, Small; Information services; United States;
Directories; Family farms; Information services; United
States; Directories; State governments; Officials and
employees; Directories; Agricultural extension workers; United
States; Directories
66 NAL Call. No.: HD1525.D57 1992
Directory of services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and
their families migrant education, harvests of hope.
United States, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,
Office of Migrant Education
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Education,; 1992.
vii, 148 p. ; 28 cm. Cover title. "September 1992"--P. ii.
Language: English
Descriptors: Migrant agricultural laborers; Social service
67 NAL Call. No.: Videocassette no.1053
Diversifying your farm operation produced under the direction
of Roger Williams ; director/editor, Richard Geier.. Economic
options for Wisconsin farm families
Williams, Roger T.
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Health and Human Issues
Madison, Wis. : Health and Human Issues, University of
Wisconsin-Madison,; 1989.
1 videocassette (16:13 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in + 1 study
guide. (Signs of change ; part 2). VHS format. Title on
study guide: Economic options for Wisconsin farm families.
Language: English
Descriptors: Crops; Agriculture; Alternative agriculture
Abstract: This video examines ways of diversifying the farm
operation and how and where to find help in doing so. Examples
shown are a cut-flower operation on a tobacco farm, an organic
farming or sustainable agriculture operation, and growing
specialty foods for farmers' markets.
68 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
Does a second job pay off?.
Paynter, M.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1990 Jul. Rural development news v. 14 (3): p.
3-4; 1990 Jul.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Nebraska; North Dakota; Wisconsin; Farm
families; Household income; Off-farm employment; Computer
software
69 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
Drought effects on rural communities vary by strength of local
nonfarm economy.
Petrulis, M.F.; Sommer, J.E.; Hines, F.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1989.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 6 (1): p. 17-20. maps;
1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Montana; North Dakota; Wisconsin; Illinois; Ohio;
Drought; Rural communities; Rural economy; Off-farm
employment; Fiscal policy; Local government
70 NAL Call. No.: HD101.S6
Economic analysis of farmer participation in the dairy
termination program in North Carolina and Virginia.
Gale, H.F. Jr
Experiment, Ga. : The Association; 1990 Jul.
Southern journal of agricultural economics - Southern
Agricultural Economics Association v. 22 (1): p. 123-131; 1990
Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Carolina; Virginia; Milk production; Dairy
farming; Farm management; Federal programs; Participation;
Human resources; Roles; Decision making; Farm closures;
Demography; Life cycles; Farm surveys; Probability analysis;
Econometric models
Abstract: Farm-level data are used to estimate equations
explaining the probability of bidding and the level of the bid
for the 1986 Dairy Termination Program. Participation was
attractive to older farmers, to those who were not planning to
transfer the farm to a family member, to less experienced
farmers, and to those using less sophisticated management
techniques. Schooling, off-farm work, and nonfarm experience
did not have significant effects. The partipication pattern
suggests that the long-term effects of the program on milk
supply are small.
71 NAL Call. No.: HD1750.W4
Economic perceptions and agricultural policy preferences.
Variyam, J.N.; Jordan, J.L.
Lincoln, Neb. : Western Agricultural Economics Association;
1991 Dec. Western journal of agricultural economics v. 16 (2):
p. 304-314; 1991 Dec. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family farms; Agricultural policy; Public
opinion; Perception; Federal programs; Subsidies; Regression
analysis; Surveys
72 NAL Call. No.: ArUS537.S65 no.50
Economic viability of small farms in South Carolina.
Londhe, Suresh R.; Selassie, Haile M. G.
Orangeburg, S.C. : South Carolina State College, in
cooperation with Cooperative State Research Service,; 1990.
viii, 78 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (Research bulletin (South Carolina
State College) ; no. 50.). December 1990. Published as a
Technical Contribution from South Carolina State College.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-73).
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Farms, Small
73 NAL Call. No.: 292.8 W295
Effects of irrigation water supply variations on limited
resource farming in Conejos County, Colorado.
Eckert, J.B.; Wang, E.
Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union; 1993 Feb.
Water resources research v. 29 (2): p. 229-235; 1993 Feb.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Colorado; Irrigation water; Water availability;
Mixed farming; Crop enterprises; Livestock enterprises;
Decision making; Linear programming; Mathematical models
Abstract: Farms in NE Conejos County, Colorado, are
characterized by limited resources, uncertain surface flow
irrigation systems, and mixed crop-livestock enterprise
combinations which are dependent on public grazing resources.
To model decision making on these farms, a linear program is
developed stressing enterprise choices under conditions of
multiple resource constraints. Differential access to grazing
resources and irrigation water is emphasized in this research.
Regarding the water resource, the model reflects farms
situated alternatively on high-, medium-, and low-priority
irrigation ditches within the Alamosa-La Jara river system,
each with and without supplemental pumping. Differences are
found in optimum enterprise mixes, net returns, choice of
cropping technology, level of marketings, and other
characteristics in response to variations in the availability
of irrigation water. Implications are presented for
alternative improvement strategies.
74 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
The effects of metropolitan residence on the off-farm earnings
of farm families in the United States.
LeClere, F.B.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1991.
Rural sociology v. 56 (3): p. 366-390; 1991. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Men; Women; Farm families; Non-farm
income; Off-farm employment; Urbanization; Labor market;
Participation; Earned income; Household surveys
Abstract: Previous research on the effects of urbanization on
farming and farm families has focused on the consequences of
urban expansion on farming practice rather than on the well-
being of farm families. Proximity to urban areas has been
found to alter the way farm families utilize the nonfarm labor
market. in this study, the-off-farm earnings of husbands and
wives in farm families are compared across metropolitan
(metro) and nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) areas using data from
the March supplement to the 1989 Current Population Survey.
Censored regression models (tobit) and decomposition are used
to demonstrate the effects of nonfarm labor market differences
on off-farm labor force participation and earnings. The
analysis reveals that farm family members, as expected, have
significantly higher rates of participation and earnings in
metropolitan areas. But this analysis also reveals that
increases in off-farm participation are likely to have a
larger effect on total off-farm earnings in nonmetropolitan
areas than returns to those already working off-farm. The
potential for increases in off-farm earnings will be
underestimated in nonmetro areas when changes in participation
in the off-farm labor market are not taken into account.
75 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
Egg money: farm women, market agriculture and extension agents
in rural Tennessee, 1890-1929.
Keith, J.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 91-96; 1989. In the series
analytic: Outreach to the Rural Disadvantaged: issues and
strategies for the 21st century / edited by N. Baharanyi, R.
Zabawa, W. Hill. Meeting held December 3-5, 1989, Tuskegee,
Alabama. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Tennessee; Women; Extension agents; Farm
families; Role perception; Agricultural regions; Household
income; Markets
76 NAL Call. No.: 275.28 J82
Empowering clientele in transition.
Broshar, D.
Madison, Wis. : Extension Journal; 1992.
Journal of extension v. 30: p. 33-34; 1992.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Family crises; Farm families; Counseling;
Stress management; Support systems; Educational programs;
Cooperative extension service; Rural areas
77 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Ethnic values and survival strategies among Norwegian-American
farmers. Almaas, R.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1991.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 5: p. 223-239;
1991. In the series analytic: Household strategies / edited
by D.C. Clay and H.K. Schwarzweller. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Minnesota; Wisconsin; Farmers; Farm
families; Ethnicity; Decision making; Values; Ethnic groups;
Lifestyle; Attitudes
78 NAL Call. No.: SB1.H6
An evaluation of a home horticulture/small farms program
through individual consultation.
Smith, T.M.
Alexandria, Va. : American Society for Horticultural Science;
1989 Feb. HortScience v. 24 (1): p. 144-145; 1989 Feb.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Horticulture; Small farms; Extension
activities; Extension agents; Diffusion of information
79 NAL Call. No.: aTX361.W55G3
Evaluation of the farmers' market coupon demonstration
project. Galfond, Glenn; Thompson, Jim; Wise, Kelly
Price Waterhouse (Firm), Office of Government Services, United
States, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and
Evaluation
Alexandria, Va. : U.S. Dept. of Agiculture, Food and Nutrition
Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation,; 1991.
ix, 51 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. Revised draft. March 22,
1991. Contract no.: 53-3198-0-017.
Language: English
Descriptors: Women; Diet; Food relief; Farms, small; Farmers
Abstract: The farmers' market coupon demonsntration project
(FMCDP) provides coupons redeemable for fresh fruits and
vegetables at far mers' markets to selected participants in
the special supplemental food program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) in addition to their regular, WIC benefit. The
evaluation report is designed to ascertain the impact of the
FMCDP (1) on women who receive the coupons, and (2) on the
participating farmers.
80 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Everythin but the baa.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1989. Arizona land & people v. 39 (1): p. 20-23. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Sheep; Small farms; Wool; Fleece; Yarns;
Yarn dyeing; Sheep management; Marketing; Computer
applications
81 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 N814A no.252
Facing economic adversity experiences of displaced farm
families in North Dakota.
Mortensen, Timothy L.
Fargo, N.D. : Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural
Experiment Station, North Dakota State University,; 1989.
viii, 25 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (Agricultural economics report
(North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo)) ; no.
252.). Cover title. November 1989. Includes bibliographical
references (p. 25).
Language: English; English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Rural conditions; Rural families;
North Dakota; Farmers; North Dakota; Finance, Personal
82 NAL Call. No.: HD1773.A3N6
Factors affecting farmers' attachments to production
agriculture. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University; 1989 Jan.
North Central journal of agricultural economics v. 11 (1): p.
49-57; 1989 Jan. Includes statistical data. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Rural communities; Agricultural
structure; Structural change; Full time farming; Part time
farming; Labor market; Soil fertility; Off-farm employment;
Employment opportunities; Farm size; Rural economy; Income
distribution; Non-farm income; Population density; Farmers'
attitudes; Econometric models
Abstract: How economic factors such as the employment
structure in rural communities affect the structure of
agriculture, particularly through the rural labor market needs
to be addressed. This paper uses principal components analysis
to form an index reflecting attachment of Illinois farm
operators to production agriculture. Between 1978 and 1982
farm operators in Illinois counties dominated by larger farms
were more likely to devote more time to available off-farm
employment opportunities than farm operators in counties
characterized by smaller farms.
83 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
Families in transition.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1989 Apr. Rural development news v. 13 (2): p.
11; 1989 Apr.
Language: English
Descriptors: North central states of U.S.A.; Farm families;
Retraining of farmers; Educational programs; Off-farm
employment; Money management; Information dissemination
84 NAL Call. No.: HT401.S72
Family and community concerns in water quality with a focus on
agricultural chemicals.
Morris, A.R.
Mississippi State, Miss. : The Center; 1990 Jun.
SRDC series - Southern Rural Development Center (131): p.
45-48; 1990 Jun. In the series analytic: Agricultural and
Community Development Interface / edited by P.D. Warner and R.
Campbell. Proceedings of Regional Workshop, October 8-11,
1989, Williamsburg, Virginia. Response by W. Jordan, p. 49-50.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farmers; Farm families; Water quality;
Groundwater; Agricultural chemicals; Runoff
85 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 C81AE
Family business a systems approach. Managing the family owned
business family farm or family owned business: what's in a
name?.
Hutt, G.K.
Ithaca, N.Y. : The Department; 1990.
A.E. Ext. - New York State College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences, Cornell University, Department of Agricultural
Economics (90-6): p. 1-31; 1990. Workshop presented at the
conference, " Managing Farm Personnel in the 90's, " held
March 6-7 and 14-15, 1990, Schenectady, N.Y. and Batavia,
N.Y., respectively. / B.L. Erven, G.K. Hutt, T.R. Maloney, and
Milligan, R.A.
Language: English
Descriptors: Family farms; Businesses; Management; Systems
approach; Decision making; Family labor; Farm enterprises;
Workshops (programs)
86 NAL Call. No.: 1 EX892EX
The family farm: potential for profit.
Cann, N.M.
Washington, D.C. : The Administration; 1989.
Extension review - U.S. Department of Agriculture v. 60 (1):
p. 22-23. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Tennessee; Family farms; Farmers' income;
Diversity; Farm management; Cooperative extension service;
Programs; Support systems
87 NAL Call. No.: HD1415.F66
The family farm: shall we freeze it in place or free it to
adjust?. Butz, E.L.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press; 1989.
Food, policy, and politics : a perspective on agriculture and
development / edited by George Horwich and Gerald J. Lynch. p.
279-284; 1989. (Westview special studies in agriculture
science and policy).
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family farms; Economic development; Farm
income; Rural economy; Agricultural situation
88 NAL Call. No.: aHD1751.A42
Family farmers rebounding, but face challenges.
Maize, S.; Carlin, T.
Rockville, Md. : The Service; 1990 Mar.
Agricultural outlook AO - U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Economic Research Service (161): p. 26-29. ill; 1990 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm indebtedness; Family farms; Farm
families; Economic impact; Participation; Federal programs;
Agricultural policy
89 NAL Call. No.: 6 SU12
Family farms forever.
Walter, J.
Des Moines, Iowa : Meredith Corporation; 1989 Jan.
Successful farming v. 87 (1): p. 22-24. ill., maps; 1989 Jan.
Language: English
Descriptors: New Hampshire; Family farms; History; Trends;
Diversification; Retail marketing
90 NAL Call. No.: HQ796.J62
Family financial stress, parental support, and young
adolescents' academic achievement and depressive symptoms.
Clark-Lempers, D.S.; Lempers, J.D.; Netusil, A.J.
Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications; 1990 Feb.
The Journal of early adolescence v. 10 (1): p. 21-36; 1990
Feb. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Family budgets; Stress; Parent child
relationships; Affective behavior; Support systems;
Adolescents; Academic achievement; Depression; Farm families;
Age differences; Sex differences
91 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.N9C46
Family living trends in North Dakota.
Pankow, D.
Fargo, N.D. : The University; 1990 Feb.
NDSU Extension Service [publication] - North Dakota State
University (HE-453): 5 p.; 1990 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Farm families; Farm income;
Household expenditure; Food; Housing; Health care; Transport;
Education; Clothing
92 NAL Call. No.: 275.29 F22
Family realities in the 21st century: policy options and
directions. Meszaros, P.S.
Oak Brook, Ill. : Farm Foundation; 1989.
Increasing understanding of public problems and policies. p.
41-49; 1989. Paper presented at the 39th National Public
Policy Education Conference, September 18-21, 1989, New
Orleans, Louisiana. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; U.S.A.; Child care; Farm families; Off-
farm employment; Rural women; Government; Social policy; Rural
development
93 NAL Call. No.: HQ1.F36
Family satisfaction in two-generation farm families: the role
of stress and resources.
Weigel, D.J.; Weigel, R.R.
Minneapolis, Minn. : The National Council on Family Relations;
1990 Oct. Family relations v. 39 (4): p. 449-455; 1990 Oct.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family life; Farm families; Stress;
Generations; Human resources; Economic resources; Decision
making; Farm management
94 NAL Call. No.: S451.M8R4
Farm a year in the life of an American farmer.
Rhodes, Richard
New York : Simon and Schuster,; 1989.
336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Descriptors: Agriculture; Missouri; Family farms; Missouri;
Farm life; Missouri
95 NAL Call. No.: 281.8 F2226
Farm and family living income and expenditures, 1987 through
1990. Lattz, D.H.
Urbana, Ill. : The Service; 1991 Jul.
Farm economics facts and opinions - University of Illinois,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cooperative Extension
Service (91-10): 6 p.; 1991 Jul.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Farm families; Household income;
Household expenditure; Family farms; Living standards
96 NAL Call. No.: 281.8 F2226
Farm and family living income and expenditures, 1988 through
1991. Lattz, D.H.
Urbana, Ill. : The Service; 1992 Jul.
Farm economics facts and opinions - University of Illinois,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cooperative Extension
Service (92-10): 6 p.; 1992 Jul.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Farm income; Living standards;
Household expenditure; Household income; Non-farm income
97 NAL Call. No.: 281.8 F2226
Farm and family living income and expenditures over a four-
year period. Lattz, D.H.
Urbana, Ill. : The Service; 1990 Jun.
Farm economics facts and opinions - University of Illinois,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cooperative Extension
Service (90-10): 5 p.; 1990 Jun.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Farm families; Farmers' income;
Expenditure
98 NAL Call. No.: HA631.5.N48
Farm facts: ownership and the family farm in South Dakota.
Satterlee, J.; Arwood, D.
Brookings, S.D. : The Station; 1989 Sep.
SDSU Census Data Center - Department of Rural Sociology,
Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University
v. 4 (7): 4 p. ill., maps; 1989 Sep. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South Dakota; Farms; Censuses; Farm size;
Ownership; Family farms; Tenure systems
99 NAL Call. No.: 100 M668
Farm families and stress: one year later.
Obst, J.
St. Paul, Minn. : The Station; 1989.
Minnesota science - Agricultural Experiment Station,
University of Minnesota v. 44 (1): p. 3. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Minnesota; Farm families; Economic depression;
Mental stress; Family crises; Family counseling; Farmers'
attitudes; Farm surveys
100 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
Farm families believe finances and quality of life have
improved according to 1989 survey.
Lasley, P.; Fellows, J.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1990 Nov. Rural development news v. 14 (5): p.
1-2. ill; 1990 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: North central states of U.S.A.; Farm families;
Regional surveys; Quality of life; Farmers' attitudes
101 NAL Call. No.: HN49.C6J6
Farm families in transition: implications for rural
communities. Leistritz, F.L.; Rathge, R.W.; Ekstrom, B.L.
Superior, Wis. : University of Wisconsin; 1989.
Journal of the Community Development Society v. 20 (2): p.
31-48; 1989. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Farm families; Rural communities;
Farm closures; Demography; Farm structure; Farm indebtedness;
Support systems; Employment; Family budgets; Labor mobility;
Retraining of farmers
Abstract: This study explores the characteristics of North
Dakota families who quit farming between 1980 and 1986 for
economic reasons. It describes (1) the demographic
characteristics of former operators as well as the structural
and financial characteristics of their former farms, (2) the
financial circumstances of their departure from farming and
the support systems they used in their transition, and (3)
their current employment situation and perceived family
financial well-being. These data are compared with those of a
cross section of households that were operating farms in the
state in 1986. The findings clearly indicate that significant
numbers of farm families are making the transition to other
occupations and that, in many cases, this transition involves
migrating to urban areas. Displaced farmers who chose to leave
their community were typically younger, more educated, and had
less equity than those who chose to stay. Such selective
migration poses numerous negative consequences for
communities, such as declining school enrollments, membership
losses in churches, a reduction in volunteers, and stagnation
in community organizations. Additionally, the findings
indicate that one in three displaced farmers did not take
advantage of important community-based support systems to aid
in their transition. This suggests that an important role for
community development practitioners is to develop community-
based programs that reduce the stigma of failure associated
with those who quit farming while offering aid and assistance
to marginal farmers. The major challenge for practitioners,
however, is to devise a strategy that will broaden their
area's economic base. Programs focusing on educational and
technical assistance for local business operators, alternative
delivery systems for community services, and the recruitment
of young leaders and volunteers must receive high priority.
102 NAL Call. No.: HQ555.Q3L62
Farm family adaptations to severe economic distress Ohio ;
results of the 1989 regional farm survey.
Labao, Linda M.,; Meyer, Katherine
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development, Iowa State University,; 1990.
i, 20 p. ; 29 cm. August 1990. Chiefly tables. RRD 154-10.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rural families
103 NAL Call. No.: aHD1401.A2U52
Farm population can be defined different ways.
Martinez, D.
Washington, D.C. : The Service; 1989 Sep.
Farmline - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research
Service v. 10 (9): p. 16-17; 1989 Sep.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farmers; Population dynamics; Off-farm
employment; Part time farming; Farm income
104 NAL Call. No.: A00069
Farm population down 50% in last 20 years.
Vobejba, B.
Washington, D.C. : The Washington Post Co; 1992 Jun10.
The Washington post. p. A3; 1992 Jun10.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family farms; Farm income; Usda;
Statistics
105 NAL Call. No.: HD1751.W67 no.90-2
Farm production risk and reliance on off-farm income.
Kyle, Steven C.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dept.
of Agricultural Economics
Ithaca, N.Y. : Dept. of Agricultural Economics, New York State
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University,;
1990; AGR,544-4,FARPR,90-27941.
i, 30 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. (Working papers in agricultural
economics ; no. 90-2). February 1990. Includes
bibliographical references (leaves 22-25).
Language: English
Descriptors: Farm risks; United States; Farm income; United
States; Farmers; Supplementary employment; United States
106 NAL Call. No.: HD1751.C45
Farm returns: they measure up to returns to other investments.
Monke, J.; Boehlje, M.; Pederson, G.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association;
1992. Choices : the magazine of food, farm and resource issues
v. 7 (1): p. 28-30; 1992. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Minnesota; Farm income; Investment; Returns; Non-
farm income; Farmland; Securities; Comparisons
107 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
Farm structure and nearby communities.
Carlin, T.A.; Green, B.L.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1989 Feb.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 5 (2): p. 16-20. ill.,
maps; 1989 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm structure; Counties; Rural
communities; Farm size; Non-farm income; Employment
opportunities; Off-farm employment; Rural economy; Demography;
Structural change
108 NAL Call. No.: aTX326.A1U5
Farm wife's external employment, family economic productivity
and family functioning.
Washington, D.C. : The Service; 1990 May.
Family economics review - U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service v. 3 (2): p. 23; 1990 May.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Rural women; Family labor; Off-farm
employment; Labor productivity; Economic impact; Research
projects; Family environment
109 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
Farm wives' labor force participation and earnings.
Godwin, D.D.; Marlowe, J.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1990.
Rural sociology v. 55 (1): p. 25-43; 1990. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Alabama; Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Nebraska;
North Carolina; Virginia; Rural women; Employed women; Earned
income; Off-farm employment; Mathematical models; Labor
market; Participation
Abstract: The decisions of farm wives to work off the farm
and the earnings they make in that off-farm employment should
be considered simultaneously. Previous studies of wives' off-
farm earnings have included only employed wives in their
analyses of the factors affecting earnings, which results in
biased estimates. This study tests, via Tobit analysis, a
model which includes all farm wives and examines the effects
of wives' human capital, farm and family constraints, and
labor market characteristics on both their off-farm employment
decisions and their earnings. Wives' off-farm earnings are
found to be related to wives' education, labor market
experience, presence of children, other family income, farm
size, and debt/income ratio. Changes in these factors have a
greater influence on the labor market participation decisions
of farm wives than on the variation in their earnings, once
employed.
110 NAL Call. No.: MdULD3231.M70d Phillips, A.R.
Farm women of Stokes County, North Carolina and the production
of flue-cured tobacco, 1925 to 1955 continuity and change.
Phillips, Anne Radford
University of Maryland at College Park, Dept. of American
Studies 1990; 1990.
2 v. (xiii, 367 leaves) : ill., maps ; 29 cm. Thesis research
directed by Dept. of American Studies. Includes
bibliographical references (leaves 346-367).
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Stokes County (N.C.); Social life and customs;
Women in agriculture; Tobacco farmers; Rural families
111 NAL Call. No.: 100 UT1F
Farm work and family: major sources of satisfaction for farm
families. Ackerman, N.; Jenson, G.; Bailey, D.
Logan, Utah : The Station; 1989.
Utah Science - Utah Agricultural Experiment Station v. 50 (3):
p. 134-142. ill; 1989. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Utah; Farm families; Quality of life; Dairy
farming; Surveys
112 NAL Call. No.: S561.6.I8I572
Farmer takes on challenges of farming on hilly land.
Jost, M.
Ames, Iowa : Integrated Farm Management/Model Farms, Iowa
State Universtiy Extension Service; 1992 Mar.
Inside edge v. 2 (2): p. 3-4; 1992 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Soil conservation; Hill land; Tillage; Soil
management; Erosion control; Family farms
113 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
Farmers and laborers: a note on black occupations in the
postbellum South. Irwin, J.R.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1990.
Agricultural history v. 64 (1): p. 53-60; 1990. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Virginia; Blacks; Employment; Family farming;
Farmers; Labor; Occupations; Sharecropping; Workers
114 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
Farmers and their search for off-farm employment.
Parker, T.S.; Whitener, L.A.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1989 Feb.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 5 (2): p. 27-32. ill.,
maps; 1989 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Off-farm employment; Labor market; Human
resources; Employment opportunities; Wage rates; Age
differences; Unemployment; Economic growth; Education;
Regional surveys
115 NAL Call. No.: A00110
Farmers find it tough to resist selling land.
Kershner, V.
San Francisco, Calif. : The Chronical Publishing Co; 1991
Mar05. San Francisco chronicle. p. A1, A4; 1991 Mar05.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Land prices; Family farms; Land use
116 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Farmers' marginal propensity to consume: an application to
Illinois grain farms.
Langemeier, M.R.; Patrick, G.F.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1990
May. American journal of agricultural economics v. 72 (2): p.
309-316; 1990 May. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Grain; Farm families; Household
consumption; Farm income; Marginal analysis; Household income;
Economic theories; Mathematical models
Abstract: The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) for a
sample of eighteen Illinois farms over the 1979-86 period is
determined. Four consumption models were estimated using
disposable household income plus depreciation as the measure
of income. Estimated short-run MPCs ranged from 0.007 to
0.020, while long-run MPCs varied between 0.143 to 0.381.
These results indicate farm family consumption responded
little to changes in income and that the life cycle hypothesis
model explains consumption significantly better than the other
models. Robustness of the results is demonstrated using a
larger sample of farms for 1986-87.
117 NAL Call. No.: S605.5.A43
Farmer-to-farmer exchange between U.S. and Italy.
Stinner, B.
Greenbelt, Md. : Institute for Alternative Agriculture; 1992.
American journal of alternative agriculture v. 7 (1/2): p. 11;
1992.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Italy; Europe; Farmers; International
cooperation; Sustainability; Agricultural education; Family
farms; Farm management
118 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R94
Farming and community from the anthropological study of
families. Salamon, S.
Columbia, Mo. : Rural Sociological Society; 1990.
The Rural sociologist v. 10 (2): p. 23-30; 1990. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Social anthropology; Farm families; Rural
communities; Research methodology; Household surveys; Cultural
influences
119 NAL Call. No.: S1.M57
Farming choices for a few acres.
Cantrell, P.
Columbia, Mo. : Missouri Farm Publishing Inc; 1992 Jun.
Small Farm Today v. 9 (3): p. 17; 1992 Jun.
Language: English
Descriptors: Missouri; Small farms; Farm enterprises
120 NAL Call. No.: aHD1401.A2U52
Farming has seen big changes in the past two decades.
Martinez, D.
Washington, D.C. : The Service; 1992 Oct.
Farmline - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research
Service v. 13 (10): p. 4-8; 1992 Oct. Based on information
provided by D. Reimund and F. Gale, Agriculture and Rural
Economy Division, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farming; Part time farming; Off-farm
employment; Diversity
121 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U6M34
Farming on the edge saving family farms in Marin County,
California. Hart, John,
Berkeley : University of California Press,; 1991.
ix, 174 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm. Includes index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Family farms
122 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
Farming patterns, rural restructuring, and poverty: a
comparative regional analysis.
Lobao, L.M.; Schulman, M.D.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1991.
Rural sociology v. 56 (4): p. 565-602; 1991. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farming; Patterns; Poverty; Rural areas;
Economic development; Structural change; Agrarian reform;
Politics; Regionalization; Comparisons; Statistical data
Abstract: This study examines the contentions of two recent
perspectives on rural economic organization and their
implications for poverty. Building from (1) agrarian political
economy and (2) the rural restructuring literatures, we
present a comparative regional analysis of how farming
patterns and other aspects of economic organization
differentially affect poverty in rural areas. Data are based
on 2,349 nonmetropolitan U.S. counties for the 1970-1980
period. Nonhired labor-dependent, family-operated farming
(smaller and larger family farming) has relatively similar
cross-regional effects on rural poverty. The effects of
industrialized farming are more spatially variant, suggesting
that this type of farming is integrated into regional
political economies in different ways than are simple
commodity units. However, farming patterns have only a small
effect on rural poverty relative to other factors, such as the
local employment structure, characteristics of the population,
and geographic location. The results of this study highlight
the need to move beyond the farm sector to understand both the
dynamics of this sector and the socioeconomic consequences of
rural restructuring. More broadly, the study underscores the
importance of testing general sociological relationships under
different spatial (e.g., regional) contexts.
123 NAL Call. No.: TX336.5.C2T62
Farmworker families and communities: a needs assessment.
Oakland, CA : Univ. of California, Cooperative Extension,
Agriculture and Natural Resources; 1990 May.
Today's consumer - Cooperative Extension, University of
California v. 10 (3): p. 2-10; 1990 May. Summary of a report
by Bonnie Bade. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Farm families; Farm workers; Migrant
labor; Settlement patterns; Consumption patterns; Health;
Resource utilization; Education
124 NAL Call. No.: HD1773.A2N6
Fatal farm accidents in New York: estimates of their costs.
Kelsey, T.W.
Ithaca, N.Y. : The Northeastern Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association; 1991 Oct.
Northeastern journal of agricultural and resource economics v.
20 (2): p. 202-207; 1991 Oct. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Farm workers; Accidents; Household
income; Opportunity costs; Farm families; Regional surveys;
Farm income; Non-farm income; Family labor
125 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
Father's war against weeds.
McMillen, W.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1989.
Agricultural history v. 63 (4): p. 72-75; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ohio; Weed control; Weeds; Cultural control;
Family farming; History
126 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R94
Federal Farm Programs and the Limited Resource Farmer: a Black
perspective. Dishongh, G.L.
Columbia, Mo. : Rural Sociological Society; 1991.
The Rural sociologist v. 11 (1): p. 19-22; 1991. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Alabama; Florida; Maryland; North Carolina;
Texas; Blacks; Farmers; Program participants; Federal
programs; Legislation; University research
127 NAL Call. No.: HT401.S72
Fee fishing as an economic alternative for small farms.
Cichra, C.E.; Carpenter, L.T.
Mississippi State, Miss. : The Center; 1989 Aug.
SRDC series - Southern Rural Development Center (116): 72 p.;
1989 Aug. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Southeastern states of U.S.A.; Florida; Angling;
Small farms; Fisheries; Private ownership; Leases; Consumer
surveys; Demography
128 NAL Call. No.: S1.T49
The financial situation of U.S. farms by class and type.
Barbieri, E.; Nixon, D.M.; Arnold, J.D.; Rossman, J.E.
Canyon, Tex. : The Consortium; 1989.
Texas journal of agriculture and natural resources : a
publication of the Agricultural Consortium of Texas v. 3: p.
26-30; 1989. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm sector; Farm enterprises; Family
farms; Farm size; Commercial farming; Farm indebtedness; Farm
comparisons; Farm income; Assets; Cash flow analysis; Ratios;
Balance sheets; Economic situation
129 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
Financing the limited resource farmer.
Carnett, E.C. Jr
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 179-182; 1989. In the series
analytic: Outreach to the Rural Disadvantaged: issues and
strategies for the 21st century / edited by N. Baharanyi, R.
Zabawa, W. Hill. Meeting held December 3-5, 1989, Tuskegee,
Alabama. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Agricultural banks; Finance
130 NAL Call. No.: A00034
The fourth hurdle.
London, England : IBC Technical Services :.; 1991 Mar.
Biotechnology bulletin v. 10 (2): p. 1; 1991 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: Europe; U.S.A.; Somatotropin; Milk production;
Economic impact; European communities; Milk supply; Small
farms
131 NAL Call. No.: 6 SU12
Frank talk on diversification.
Tevis, C.
Des Moines, Iowa : Meredith Corporation; 1989 Mar.
Successful farming v. 87 (4): p. 46-48. ill; 1989 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Family farms; Diversification;
Christmas trees; Asparagus
132 NAL Call. No.: TX5.W47
The future is ours: managing farm family goals Bureau County
Farm and Family Improvement project.
Paynter, M.
S.l. : The Conference :.; 1989.
Papers of the Western Region Home Management Family Economics
Educators : annual conference v. 4: p. 80-82; 1989. Paper
presented at a conference on "Family self-sufficiency:
strategies and implications," November 2-4, 1989, Seattle,
Washington.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Farm families; Goals; Program
development; Money management; Farm management; Family life;
Management; Videotapes
133 NAL Call. No.: HD256.L362
The future of agriculture near cities: directions for
research. Kerr, H.W. Jr
Washington, D.C. : The Farm Foundation in cooperation with
ERS, USDA; 1989. Land use transition in urbanizing areas :
research and information needs / edited by Ralph Heimlich. p.
207-217; 1989. Paper presented at a workshop sponsored by the
Economic Research Service, USDA and the Farm Foundation, June
6-7, 1988, Washington, DC. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Agricultural situation; Urban areas;
Small farms; Part time farming; Agricultural research
134 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
The future of small farms in a sustainable agriculture.
Ikerd, J.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1989 Nov. Rural development news v. 13 (5): p.
3-4; 1989 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Alternative farming;
Resource conservation; Environmental protection; Social
welfare; Market competition; Farm management; Diversification
135 NAL Call. No.: HD1411.O3
Government commodity program impacts on farm numbers.
Tweeten, L.
Columbus : The Department; 1990.
ESO - Ohio State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology (1707): 38 p.; 1990. Paper presented at
NC-181 committee on farm structure annual meeting, January 8,
1990, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Family farms; Federal programs; Economic impact;
Production functions
136 NAL Call. No.: S605.5.O74
Growing organic on $100,000 acres].
Martin, K.
Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, Inc; 1991 May.
Organic gardening v. 38 (5): p. 62-65; 1991 May.
Language: English
Descriptors: Virginia; Organic farming; Family farms; Suburban
areas
137 NAL Call. No.: TX341.E3
Growth of children and socioeconomic status of Mexican-
American farmworker families in Tulare County, California:
1969 vs 1989.
Receveur, O.; Ritchie, L.; Calloway, D.; Murphy, S.
Reading : Gordon & Breach Science Publishers; 1991.
Ecology of food and nutrition v. 28 (1/2): p. 65-74; 1991.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Child nutrition; Nutritional state;
Socioeconomic status; Anthropometric dimensions; Growth; Farm
families; Child development; Mexican-Americans; Farm workers;
Children
Abstract: Comparison of the size of Mexican-American children
from two samples of farmworker families living in Tulare
County, one drawn in 1969 (24 families with 52 children 0-7
years old), the other in 1989 (95 families with 226 children
0-9 years old) reveals a parallel improvement in total family
income and physical growth. However, children in families with
incomes below 70% of the poverty line in 1989 showed generally
lower Z-scores in weight for age, height for age and weight
for height compared to families with higher income. These
differences in weight for age and height for age reached
statistical significance (p < .01) for children 2-4 years old.
This age-group differential emphasizes the need for close
monitoring of children's physical growth in order to
appropriately target compensatory interventions.
138 NAL Call. No.: HT401.A36
Handsome Lake's teachings: the sift from female to male
agriculture in Iroquois culture. An essay in ethnophilosophy.
Holly, M.
Gainesville, Fla. : Humanities and Agriculture, University of
Florida; 1990. Agriculture and human values v. 7 (3/4): p.
80-94; 1990. In the series analytic: Food, social theory, and
agricultural science policy. Literature review. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Men; Women; American indians; Beliefs;
Traditional farming; Family structure; Culture; History
139 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Hardship and adjustment among farm households in Iowa.
Johnson, G.J.; Lasley, P.; Kettner, K.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1991.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 5: p. 211-222;
1991. In the series analytic: Household strategies / edited
by D.C. Clay and H.K. Schwarzweller. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Off-farm employment; Living standards;
Economic depression; Household income; Farm surveys
140 NAL Call. No.: S81.A2M5
Helping farm families live with stress.
Benedict, L. (ed.)
Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri; 1989.
MP - University of Missouri Extension Division (590): 12 p.
ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Missouri; Farm families; Stress management;
Stress response; Rural areas; Social change
141 NAL Call. No.: HT401.A36
A history of Black farm operators in Maryland.
Demissie, E.
Gainesville, Fla. : Humanities and Agriculture, University of
Florida; 1992. Agriculture and human values v. 9 (1): p.
22-30; 1992. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Maryland; Blacks; Small farms; Farmland; Capital;
Labor; Tenure systems; Farm enterprises; Programs;
Agricultural colleges; Extension; History; Farm numbers;
Structural change
142 NAL Call. No.: 6 F2212
Home-grown dream house.
Urbain, C.D.
Philadelphia, Pa. : The Journal; 1989 Feb.
Farm journal v. 113 (4): p. 28-29. ill; 1989 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Rural housing; Building construction;
Family farms; Building materials; Solar heating; Energy
conservation; Design
143 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R94
How do you know what to ask if you haven't listened first?:
using anthropological methods to prepare for survey research.
Fitchen, J.M.
Columbia, Mo. : Rural Sociological Society; 1990.
The Rural sociologist v. 10 (2): p. 15-22; 1990. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Social anthropology; Surveys; Research
methodology; Rural sociology; Farm families; Rural
communities; Structural change; Interviews
144 NAL Call. No.: HD1407.C6
How not to farm together.
LaDue, E.; Crispell, C.
Ithaca, N.Y. : The Station; 1991 Jan.
Cornell agricultural economics staff paper - Department of
Agricultural Economics, Cornell University Agricultural
Experiment Station (91-3): 8 p.; 1991 Jan. Paper presented at
the Farm Women's Finance Forum, November 15, 1990, Utica, New
York.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Family farms; Farm management; Farm
planning
145 NAL Call. No.: HD1775.M8A34
How the changing make-up of agriculture affects the role of
Land Grant colleges of agriculture.
Campbell, R.R.
Columbia, Mo. : Cooperative Extension Service, University of
Missouri; 1992 Mar.
Economic & policy information for Missouri agriculture -
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-
Columbia v. 35 (2): 4 p.; 1992 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Agricultural colleges; Agricultural
development; Structural change; Small farms; Commercial
farming
146 NAL Call. No.: 100 SO82S
Human stress research seeks to improve 'quality of life'.
Tennyson, L.; Heine, R.
Brookings, S.D. : The Station; 1992.
South Dakota farm & home research - South Dakota, Agricultural
Experiment Station v. 43 (3): p. 8-10; 1992.
Language: English
Descriptors: South Dakota; Rural population; Stress factors;
Sustainability; Rural economy; Family farms; Family life; Farm
management
147 NAL Call. No.: 290.9 AM32P
Identifying fatal injury rates for Kentucky farm residents.
Piercy, L.R.; Stallones, L.
St. Joseph, Mich. : The Society; 1989.
Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers (89-5531):
11 p.; 1989. Paper presented at the "1989 International Winter
Meeting sponsored by The American Society of Agricultural
Engineers," December 12-15, 1989, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kentucky; Mortality; Farm families; Safety
148 NAL Call. No.: 100 IL64
Illinois model farm and family improvement project.
Paynter, M.; Erickson, D.E.
Urbana, Ill. : The Station; 1990.
Illinois research - Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
v. 32 (1/2): p. 19; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: Illinois; Farm families; Financial planning
149 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.C2C3
Impact of Fresno County Southeast Asian farmers on the local
economy. Ilic, P.
Berkeley, Calif. : The Service; 1991.
Leaflet - University of California, Cooperative Extension
Service (21485): p. 1, 3; 1991.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Refugees; Farm families; Economic
impact
150 NAL Call. No.: HD101.S6
The impact of local labor market conditions on the off-farm
earnings of farm operators.
Gunter, L.; McNamara, K.T.
Experiment, Ga. : The Association; 1990 Jul.
Southern journal of agricultural economics - Southern
Agricultural Economics Association v. 22 (1): p. 155-165; 1990
Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Georgia; Farm families; Non-farm income; Off-farm
employment; Rural communities; Rural economy; Farm size;
Economic impact; Labor market; Characteristics; Human
resources; Demography; Agricultural censuses; Econometric
models; Probit analysis; Least squares
Abstract: Local labor market characteristics are
theoretically relevant to the determination of off-farm
earnings of farm operators, but the empirical analysis of
these effects has been hindered by a lack of appropriate data.
This study employs the new census public use micro-data
sample, PUMS-D, to investigate the effect of local labor
market characteristics on off-farm earnings of farm operators.
The PUMS-D data allow local characteristics to be defined on a
labor market area basis, rather than on a political boundary
basis. For a sample of Georgia farm operators, local labor
market size, unemployment rates, and industrial structure were
found to have significant impacts on off-farm employment and
earnings.
151 NAL Call. No.: HD101.S6
The impact of macrovariables on the farm sector: some further
evidence. Tegene, A.
Experiment, Ga. : The Association; 1990 Jul.
Southern journal of agricultural economics - Southern
Agricultural Economics Association v. 22 (1): p. 77-85; 1990
Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm sector; Agricultural prices;
Agricultural situation; Agricultural production; Non-farm
income; Macroeconomic analysis; Causality; Monetary policy;
Interest rates; Regression analysis; Time series; History;
Trends; Econometric models
Abstract: Granger-causality tests and Sims' VAR technique
were used to analyze the impact of macrovariables on farm
output and prices in the U.S. for the period 1934-1987.
Granger-causality tests show one-way causality from the
macrovariables to the farm sector variables, and this is
supported by impulse response functions from a VAR model.
Money and interest rate effects on agricultural prices and
output are apparent in the data.
152 NAL Call. No.: HD1401.A56
Implications of dairy development in Indonesia.
Young, K.B.; Amir, P.; Cramer, G.L.
New York, N.Y. : John Wiley; 1990 Nov.
Agribusiness v. 6 (6): p. 559-574; 1990 Nov. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Indonesia; U.S.A.; Milk production; Dairy
industry; Dairy cooperatives; Sectoral analysis; Agricultural
development; Dairy farming; Small farms; Livestock numbers;
Dairy cows; Imports; Holstein-friesian; Program development;
Economic impact; Agribusiness; International trade; Milk
products; Milk consumption; Milk processing
153 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R94
Implications of timing in farm mediation: a community case
study. Pogue, C.; Leik, R.K.
College Station, TX : Rural Sociological Society; 1992 Oct.
The Rural sociologist v. 12 (4): p. 27-40; 1992 Oct. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Minnesota; Farm families; Rural communities; Farm
indebtedness; Loans
154 NAL Call. No.: 10 AG86
Information technology for rural development.
Speedy, A.W.
London : Agricultural Education Association; 1991.
Agricultural progress v. 66: p. 44-51; 1991. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Developing countries; Uk; U.S.A.; Information
science; Agricultural research; Computer hardware; Computer
software; Databases; Rural development; Small farms;
Sustainability
155 NAL Call. No.: HD9000.1.R47
An inquiry into the psychic benefit-cost ratio of farm family
adjustments. Tweeten, L.; Perry, J.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI, Press; 1992.
Research in domestic and international agribusiness management
v. 10: p. 1-15; 1992. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Oklahoma; Farm families; Psychological factors;
Agricultural adjustment; Farm closures; Cost benefit analysis;
Regional surveys; Farm surveys; Farmers' attitudes; Mental
stress
156 NAL Call. No.: HD1773.A3N6
An investment analysis of meat goat enterprises for small-
scale producers. Gebremedhin, T.G.; Gebrelul, S.
East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University; 1992 Jan.
Review of agricultural economics v. 14 (1): p. 45-33; 1992
Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Southeastern states of U.S.A.; Goat meat; Meat
production; Investment; Production; Costs; Returns;
Feasibility; Farming systems; Small farms; Economic analysis
Abstract: Potential goat producers in the Southeastern United
States lack information about investment requirements and
production and marketing costs. This study attempts to
determine the most profitable meat goat production enterprises
by estimating the costs and returns of three selected
production systems. A comparison of net present values and
payback periods, and financial feasibility analysis were the
methods used. Despite the difference in the level of net
income generated, a cash surplus, attributed to land, family
labor, and management for the three alternative investment
systems occurred at the end of the third year. Thus, goat
enterprises may provide economic opportunities for farm
families who have limited finances and resources.
157 NAL Call. No.: HD1751.C45
Involuntary farm exit in Wisconsin.
Bentley, S.; Saupe, W.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economic Association; 1989.
Choices : the magazine of food, farm and resource issues. p.
30; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wisconsin; Farm closures; Small farms; Farm
indebtedness; Farm income; Household income; Adjustment;
Economic impact
158 NAL Call. No.: 275.29 IO9PA
Iowa farm and rural life poll: 1990 summary.
Lasley, P.; Kettner, K.; Pease, J.; Bultena, G.; Goudy, W.
Ames, Iowa : The Service; 1990 Oct.
PM - Iowa State University, Cooperative Extension Service
(1410): 16 p.; 1990 Oct. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Farm families; Farmers; Rural society;
Quality of life; Rural communities; Surveys; Wildlife;
Opinions; Perception
159 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U52C27
Janet Caprile : Contra Costa County.
Visher, D.
Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center; 1991 Jul.
Small farm news. p. 5; 1991 Jul. Farm Advisor Profile.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Family farms; Management
160 NAL Call. No.: SF191.G4
Keeping the family farm.
Aldich, A.
Macon, Ga. : Georgia Cattlemen's Association; 1990 Jan.
Georgia cattleman v. 18 (1): p. 33, 36, 46-47; 1990 Jan.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family farms; Estate planning
161 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Keeping them down on the farm.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1989. Arizona land & people v. 39 (1): p. 8-11. ill; 1989.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Small farms; Diversification; Turkeys;
Animal production; Arid zones
162 NAL Call. No.: HD1755.P76 1988
Labor market disadvantages of farmers seeking off-farm
employment. Whitener, L.A.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University, [1989?]; 1989.
Rural development issues of the nineties : perspectives from
the social sciences : the 46th annual Professional
Agricultural Workers Conference proceedings, December 4-6,
1988. Tuskegee University. p. 169-184; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Off-farm employment; Labor market;
Sociological analysis
163 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
Liberty Hyde Bailey, Jr. and the Bailey family farm.
Bogue, M.B.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1989.
Agricultural history v. 63 (1): p. 26-48. ill; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Michigan; Farmers; Family farms; Farm
development; History; Biographies; Farm management;
Horticulture; Mixed farming; Orchards
164 NAL Call. No.: S51.E22
Limited resource farmers and participation in agricultural
cooperatives: some evidence from Georgia.
Brown, N.B. Jr; Centner, T.J.; Mizelle, W.O. Jr; Ames, G.C.W.
Athens, Ga. : The Stations; 1990 Mar.
Research report - University of Georgia, College of
Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Stations (579): 10 p.;
1990 Mar. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Georgia; Farmers; Organizations; Limiting
factors; Resources; Development aid; Membership; Surveys;
Requirements; Small farms; Part time farming
165 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Limited resource farmers and the marketing system.
Dagher, M.A.; Christy, R.D.; McLean-Meyinsse, P.E.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1991
Dec. American journal of agricultural economics v. 73 (5): p.
1485-1495; 1991 Dec. Paper presented at the annual meetings of
the American Agricultural Economics Association, August 4-7,
1991, Manhattan, Kansas. Discussions by H. Williamson, Jr., p.
1490-1491, T.G. Gebremedhin, p. 1492-1493 and D. Jones, p.
1494-1495. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Fruit; Vegetables; Crop enterprises;
Small farms; Marketing channels; Food marketing
166 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Limited resource farmers' productivity: some evidence from
Georgia. Nelson, M.C.; Brown, N.B. Jr; Toomer, L.F.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1991
Dec. American journal of agricultural economics v. 73 (5): p.
1480-1484, 1490-1495; 1991 Dec. Paper presented at the annual
meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association,
August 4-7, 1991, Manhattan, Kansas. Discussions by H.
Williamson, Jr., p. 1490-1491, T.G. Gebremedhin, p. 1492-1493
and D. Jones, p. 1494-1495. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Georgia; Small farms; Economies of scale;
Efficiency; Commercial farming; Productivity; Farm
comparisons; Farm surveys; Resource allocation
167 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Limited resource farmers: the impacts of farm policy.
Davis, L.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1991
Dec. American journal of agricultural economics v. 73 (5): p.
1476-1479, 1490-1495; 1991 Dec. Paper presented at the annual
meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association,
August 4-7, 1991, Manhattan, Kansas. Discussions by H.
Williamson, Jr., p. 1490-1491, T.G. Gebremedhin, p. 1492-1493
and D. Jones, p. 1494-1495. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farmers; Agricultural policy; Structural
change; Legislation; Economic impact; Resources; Agricultural
economics
168 NAL Call. No.: S522.U5H37
Livestock liberation.
Japenga, A.
Charlotte, Vt. : Camden House Publishing; 1989 Nov.
Harrowsmith v. 4 (24): p. 34-43, 96. ill; 1989 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: Massachusetts; Animal welfare; Family farms;
Legislation; State government
169 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Local economic conditions and wage labor decisions of farm and
rural nonfarm couples.
Tokle, J.G.; Huffman, W.E.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1991
Aug. American journal of agricultural economics v. 73 (3): p.
652-670; 1991 Aug. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Males; Females; Off-farm employment;
Rural unemployment; Wages; Labor market; Supply balance;
Geographical distribution; Marriage; Decision making;
Econometric models; Farm families; Economic situation;
Participation
Abstract: Effects of geographical differences in local
economic conditions on wage labor demand and wage labor
participation decisions of rural couples are examined for
Current Population Survey households 1978-82. Wage premiums
are shown to exist for localities anticipating labor demand
growth, higher unemployment rates, larger share of employment
in services, and higher costs of living. These effects are
stronger for males than females. Effects of local economic
conditions on the probability of wage work are consistent with
expected market wage and reservation wage effects, and for
farm households the probability of wage work increases when
expected farm output prices decline or the wage increases.
170 NAL Call. No.: HD1765.L63
Locality and inequality farm and industry structure and
socioeconomic conditions.
Lobao, Linda M.,
Albany : State University of New York Press,; 1990.
xiv, 291 p. ; 24 cm. (SUNY series on the new inequalities).
Includes bibliographical references.
Language: English
Descriptors: United States; Rural conditions; United States;
Economic conditions; 1981-; Regional disparities; Agriculture;
Farms,Small; Farmers
171 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
Long-term impacts of farm crisis studied from a regional
perspective. Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for
Rural Development; 1989 Feb. Rural development news v. 13 (1):
p. 8. ill; 1989 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: North central states of U.S.A.; Farm
indebtedness; Financial yields; Regional surveys; Economic
impact; Economic situation; Farm families; Rural development;
Community development
172 NAL Call. No.: 100 L939
Louisiana's changing agriculture: emerging trends during the
1980's. Ohlendorf, G.W.; Jenkins, Q.A.L.
Baton Rouge, La. : The Station; 1989.
Louisiana agriculture - Louisiana Agricultural Experiment
Station v. 33 (2): p. 12-13, 18-19; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Louisiana; Agricultural structure; Structural
change; Agricultural censuses; Farms; Farmland; Acreage; Farm
income; Off-farm employment; Vertical integration;
Concentration of production; Rural communities; Government;
Policy
173 NAL Call. No.: 290.9 AM32P
Low cost measures for limited economic resource environment.
Evans, M.L.; Miller, H.A.
St. Joseph, Mich. : The Society; 1989.
Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers (89-2619):
46 p. ill; 1989. Paper presented at the "1989 International
Winter Meeting sponsored by the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers," December 12-15, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Soil conservation; Landowners; Low
income; Small farms
174 NAL Call. No.: 100 C12CAG
Low-input technology proves viable for limited-resource
farmers in Salinas Valley.
Altieri, M.A.; Trujillo, J.A.; Astier, M.A.; Gersper, P.L.;
Bakx, W.A. Oakland, Calif. : Division of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, University of California; 1991 Mar.
California agriculture v. 45 (2): p. 20-23. ill; 1991 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Low income groups; Energy
conservation; Biological control; Organic amendments;
Production costs; Subsistence farming; Yields
175 NAL Call. No.: S75.F87
Making the switch from farming: How are Michigan families
coping?. East Lansing, Mich. : The Station; 1990.
Futures - Michigan State University, Agricultural Experiment
Station v. 8 (2): p. 10-12. ill; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: Michigan; Farm families; Off-farm employment
176 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.N7A45
Managing the family-owned business--family farm or family-
owned business: What's in a name?.
Hutt, G.K.
Batavia, N.Y. : Agricultural Div. of Coop Extension, Four
Western Plain Counties, N.Y. State; 1989 Aug.
Ag impact v. 16 (8): p. 2; 1989 Aug.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Family farms; Farm enterprises; Farm
management; Terminologies
177 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 M5842
Michigan farm business analysis summary--all types of farms:
1991 telfarm data.
Kelsey, M.P.
East Lansing, Mich. : The Department; 1991.
Agricultural economics report - Michigan State University,
Department of Agricultural Economics (565): 12 p.; 1991.
Language: English
Descriptors: Michigan; Commercial farming; Profitability; Farm
comparisons; Farm management; Farm families; Record keeping;
Balance sheets; Farm enterprises
178 NAL Call. No.: 284.9 M58
Michigan farm families coping with stress--1986-1991.
East Lansing, Mich. : The Station; 1992 Dec.
Research report from the Michigan State University
Agricultural Experiment Station, East Lansing (527): 27 p.;
1992 Dec. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Michigan; Farm families; Agricultural crises;
Mental stress; Finance; Stress management; Stress response;
Behavior patterns; Health; Family life; Marital interaction;
Off-farm employment; Employed women
179 NAL Call. No.: HQ1.F36
Migrant farm child abuse and neglect within an ecosystem
framework. Tan, G.G.; Ray, M.P.; Cate, R.
Minneapolis, Minn. : The National Council on Family Relations;
1991 Jan. Family relations v. 40 (1): p. 84-90; 1991 Jan.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Child abuse; Child neglect; Farm
families; Migrants; Stress; Ecology; Cultural environment;
Prevention; Educational programs; Social policy
180 NAL Call. No.: HD9000.1.J6
A model of indigenous revival for U.S. agriculture.
Ludwig, D.C.; Anderson, R.J.
Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Press; 1992.
Journal of international food & agribusiness marketing v. 4
(2): p. 23-40; 1992. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Rural communities;
Demography; Environmental degradation; Agribusiness; Economic
growth; Agricultural development; Models
181 NAL Call. No.: aHD1751.A42
Needed: a balanced approach to rural development.
Reid, N.
Rockville, Md. : The Service; 1989 Sep.
Agricultural outlook AO - U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Economic Research Service (156): p. 25-26. maps; 1989 Sep.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Rural development; Rural economy;
Economic situation; Off-farm employment; Farm families
182 NAL Call. No.: 100 SO82S
Neither one nor the other.
Brookings, S.D. : The Station; 1990-1991.
South Dakota farm & home research - South Dakota, Agricultural
Experiment Station v. 41 (3/4): p. 3-6; 1990-1991.
Language: English
Descriptors: South Dakota; Family farms; Farm management;
Family life
183 NAL Call. No.: S1.N32
The new farm's census of agriculture.
Brusko, M.
Emmaus, Pa. : Regenerative Agriculture Association; 1989 Jan.
The New farm v. 11 (1): p. 9-16. ill., maps; 1989 Jan.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm surveys; Farming systems; Censuses;
Full time farming; Part time farming; Regional surveys; Types;
Products
184 NAL Call. No.: HT401.J68
A new theory of class locations in U.S. family farm
agriculture and non-farm corporations.
Rosenfeld, A.
Elmsford, N.Y. : Pergamon Press; 1989.
Journal of rural studies v. 5 (1): p. 45-60; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family farms; Social classes;
Socioeconomic status; Capitalism; Socialism
185 NAL Call. No.: HD1527.C2N45
New thinking for California agriculture a discussion paper on
farm worker and family farmer relations.
Family Farm Organizing Resource Center, Rural Realignment
Project Berkeley, Calif. : Rural Realignment Project, Family
Farm Organizing Resource Center,; 1989.
33 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. December 1989. Includes
bibliographical references (p. 29-30).
Language: English
Descriptors: Agricultural laborers; Family farms
186 NAL Call. No.: HV1.H8
New York FarmNet: a model for meeting farm family needs.
Hogarth, J.M.; McGonigal, J.W.
Ithaca, N.Y. : New York State College of Human Ecology,
Cornell University; 1989.
Human ecology forum v. 18 (1): p. 5-8. ill; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Farm families; Networking; Leadership;
Local government; Support systems; Models; Extension
activities; Community programs; Public services
187 NAL Call. No.: HD1761.N58 1991
Night came to the farms of the Great Plains.
North, Raymond D.
Kansas City, Mo. : Acres U.S.A.,; 1991.
xvi, 286 p. ; 23 cm. "Published in cooperation with the
National Organization for Raw Materials"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Middle West; Rural conditions; Agriculture and
state; Agriculture; Agricultural credit; Wheat trade; Family
farms; Farm foreclosures
188 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.N7N45
Nonfarm income is vital to many NY farm families.
McGonigal, J.W.; Bruce, R.L.
Belmont, N.Y. : Cooperative Extension Association of Allegany
County; 1989 Dec.
News and views v. 74 (12): p. 3-4; 1989 Dec.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Off-farm employment; Farm income;
Employed women
189 NAL Call. No.: aHD1401.J68
Nonfarm prospects under agricultural liberalization.
Kilkenny, M.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1991.
Journal of agricultural economics research v. 43 (3): p.
33-43; 1991. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Agricultural policy; Federal programs;
Off-farm employment; Gross national product; Agricultural
trade; Trade liberalization; Simulation models; Equilibrium
theory
Abstract: What does the United States stand to gain from
liberalizing international trade in agriculture? This article
estimates potential dollar gains and simulates the relocation
of workers out of agriculture and into nonfarm activities.
Different nonfarm sectors would expand under three cases of
macroeconomic adjustment to the change in farm policies. The
benefits of full liberalization would arise largely from the
implied reduction in the Federal budget deficit. The greatest
benefits would result if in addition to liberalization,
macroeconomic policies that stimulate investment or net
exports were pursued.
190 NAL Call. No.: HN51.C3
North Carolina farm and rural life study, 1988 summary report.
Lilley, S.; Schulman, M.D.; Tomaskovic-Devey, D.; Schwalbe, M.
Raleigh, N.C. : The Service; 1989 Dec.
CD - North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (34): 28
p.; 1989 Dec.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Carolina; Farm families; Family life; Farm
surveys
191 NAL Call. No.: 100 N813B
North Dakota farm women and their roles in the family: are
they changing?. Pankow, D.; Mammen, S.; Fitzgerald, M.
Fargo, N.D. : The Station; 1991 Mar.
North Dakota farm research - North Dakota, Agricultural
Experiment Station v. 48 (5): p. 21-25; 1991 Mar. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Farm families; Woman's status
192 NAL Call. No.: QP141.A1N88
Nutritional status, energy expenditure, body fat, stress and
cardiovascular disease risk factors of North Carolina farm
families.
Bazzarre, T.L.; Wu, S.L.; Murdoch, S.D.; Hopkins, R.G.
Elmsford, N.Y. : Pergamon Press; 1991 Oct.
Nutrition research v. 11 (10): p. 1119-1135; 1991 Oct.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Carolina; Cardiovascular diseases; Risk;
Farmers; Nutritional state; Energy expenditure; Body fat; Sex;
Nutrient intake; Energy intake; Nutritional adequacy;
Cholesterol; High density lipoprotein; Blood pressure; Mental
stress; Tobacco smoking; Women; Men
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the
relative contribution of diet, body fat, energy expenditure
and stress on lipid profiles and blood pressures in North
Carolina farmers (n=76) and farm wives (n=68). Stepwise
multiple regression analysis was used to evaluate the effects
of selected dependent variables on the independent variables
(total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol (HDLC), systolic
blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). In
this model, three measures of body fat (BMI, sum of 4
skinfolds and % body fat), gender, energy expenditure, smoking
status and three measures of stress were used with a group of
selected dietary variables. Because the correlations between
the 3 measures of body fat, and the