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 3 measures of stress were
small (generally less than 0.30), all of these variables were
used in the regression model. None of the nutrients evaluated
significantly contributed to the variance for TC. Only
carbohydrate and vitamin C intake contributed significantly to
the model for HDLC. Protein, carbohydrate and potassium
contributed significantly to the model for SBP whereas sodium
and energy contributed significantly to the model for DBP.
193 NAL Call. No.: HD1775.G4G43 no.68
Off-farm employment and earnings of Georgia farm operators.
Gunter, Lewell F.
Athens, Ga. : Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations,
College of Agriculture, The University of Georgia,; 1990.
19 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (Special publication (University of
Georgia. College of Agriculture. Experiment Station) ; 68.).
Cover title. October 1990. Includes bibliographical
references (p. 18-19).
Language: English
194 NAL Call. No.: HD1773.A2N6
Off-farm employment decisions by Massachusetts farm
households. Lass, D.A.; Findeis, J.L.; Hallberg, M.C.
Morgantown, W.Va. : The Northeastern Agricultural and Resource
Economics Association; 1989 Oct.
Northeastern journal of agricultural and resource economics v.
18 (2): p. 149-159; 1989 Oct. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Massachusetts; Off-farm employment; Decision
making; Labor market; Farm families; Models; Probit analysis
Abstract: The off-farm labor participation and supply
decisions of Massachusetts farm families were estimated in a
model which allows for joint decisions. The hypothesis of
joint off-farm participation decisions by operators and
spouses was rejected. However, there was some evidence that
the hours supplied by the farm operator was dependent upon the
decision by the spouse to work off-farm. Farm operators were
found to respond to both family and farm characteristics in
making participation and supply decisions. Spouses respond to
the characteristics of the farm and family in participation
decisions while family characteristics determined hours worked
by the spouse.
195 NAL Call. No.: HD1401.A56
Off-farm employment in agribusiness: a case for child-care
options. Stegelin, F.E.; Stegelin, D.A.
New York, N.Y. : John Wiley; 1991 Jan.
Agribusiness v. 7 (1): p. 27-38; 1991 Jan. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kentucky; U.S.A.; Employed parents; Off-farm
employment; Child day care; Agribusiness; Social policy;
Families; Support systems; Businesses; Sectoral analysis;
Rural development; Economic development; Labor market;
Household surveys; Case studies
196 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Off-farm labor market entry and exit.
Gould, B.W.; Saupe, W.E.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1989
Nov. American journal of agricultural economics v. 71 (4): p.
960-969; 1989 Nov. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wisconsin; Off-farm employment; Labor market;
Longitudinal studies; Employed women; Marriage; Time
allocation; Decision making; Participation; Wage rates;
Models; Probit analysis; Sampling techniques
Abstract: Through the use of a longitudinal data set, we
determine those factors that are important to off-farm labor
market entry and compare them with factors affecting off-farm
labor market exiting. The model of labor market entry and exit
takes into account the effects of changes in key economic
variables over a four-year period. The data are for married
farm women in Wisconsin who must make labor allocation
decisions among home production, farm production, and off-farm
employment. These decisions have important implications for
the well-being of the families involved (who have been
increasing in number) and for their communities.
197 NAL Call. No.: 251.8 R32
Off-farm work decisions of husbands and wives: joint decision
making. Huffman, W.E.; Lange, M.D.
Amsterdam : Elsevier Science Publishers (North Holland); 1989
Aug. The Review of economics and statistics v. 71 (3): p.
471-480; 1989 Aug. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Off-farm employment; Decision making;
Economic theories; Econometric models; Household income;
Marriage; Time allocation; Participation
198 NAL Call. No.: HD1411.O3
Ohio farm household off farm employment.
Forster, L.; Stout, T.; Munoz, R.
Columbus : The Department; 1989 Sep08.
ESO - Ohio State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology (1605): 3 p.; 1989 Sep08.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ohio; Farm families; Off-farm employment;
Agricultural households; Non-farm income; Household surveys;
Farm surveys; Household income
199 NAL Call. No.: S539.5.J68
Optimal returns and risk avoidance for a small part-time
forage livestock farm.
Hardie, I.; Ou-Yang, L.S.; Johnson, D.; Lessley, B.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1989 Apr.
Journal of production agriculture v. 2 (2): p. 151-156; 1989
Apr. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Maryland; Farm planning; Livestock farming; Small
farms; Risks; Costs; Returns; Optimization methods;
Mathematical models; Yield correlations; Yield targets; Forage
crops; Factors of production; Motad
200 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
The organization of work on a yeoman slaveholder's farm.
Harris, J.W.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1990.
Agricultural history v. 64 (1): p. 39-52; 1990. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Georgia; Mississippi; Small farms; Work
organization; Blacks; Farm management; Gossypium; History;
Mixed farming; Returns; Zea mays
201 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
Outreach to the Rural Disadvantaged: issues and strategies for
the 21st century.
Baharanyi, N.; Zabawa, R.; Hill, W.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 1-6; 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.; Southern states of U.S.A.; Blacks; Small
farms; Rural development; Public relations; Educational
institutions; Professional associations
202 NAL Call. No.: HD9007.K4K43
An overview of Kentucky's small farms.
Shurley, D.; Stephenson, K.
Lexington, Ky. : The Service; 1989 Aug.
Agribusiness news for Kentucky - University of Kentucky,
Cooperative Extension Service (63): p. 6-8; 1989 Aug.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kentucky; Small farms
203 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.N7S3
Part-time farmers like it that way.
Canton, N.Y. : Agricultural Division, St. Lawrence County
Cooperative Extension Association; 1989 Apr.
St. Lawrence County cooperative extension news v. 73 (4): p.
8; 1989 Apr.
Language: English
Descriptors: New York; Part time farming; Farmers' attitudes;
Farm surveys; Rural development
204 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Part-time farming and commuting: determinants of distance to
off-farm work for Louisiana farm couples.
Deseran, F.A.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1989.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 4: p. 171-188;
1989. In the series analytic: Rural Labor Markets / guest
editors; W.W. Falk and T.A. Lyson. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Louisiana; Part time farming; Distance travelled;
Commuting; Off-farm employment; Employed women; Men; Sex
differences
205 NAL Call. No.: 275.28 M664
Past, present, future of floriculture - ornamental
horticulture. Wilkins, H.F.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Minnesota; 1989 Feb.
Minnesota State florists' bulletin v. 38 (1): p. 10-13; 1989
Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Ornamental plants; Nursery management;
Family farms; Energy cost of production; Labor requirements
206 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U52C27
Peggy Mauk, Sacramento County.
Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center; 1991 Sep.
Small farm news. p. 7; 1991 Sep.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Small farms; Management
207 NAL Call. No.: 80 AM371
Planning for their future.
Pierson, S.
Chicago, Ill. : American Nurseryman Publishing Company; 1991
Jun15. American nurseryman v. 173 (12): p. 143-151; 1991
Jun15.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Nurseries; Small businesses; Family
farms; Ownership; Transfer; Planning
208 NAL Call. No.: HD1761.H353 1992
Policy for American agriculture choices and consequences., 1st
ed.. Hallberg, M. C.
Ames : Iowa State University Press,; 1992.
xii, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical
references (p. 355-364) and index.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Agriculture and state; Agricultural subsidies;
Family farms
209 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U5H43 1991
The political economy of the family farm the agrarian roots of
American capitalism.
Headlee, Sue E.
New York : Praeger,; 1991.
xii, 212 p. ; 24 cm. (Praeger series in political economy).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: United States; Industries; History; 19th century;
United States; Economic conditions; To 1865; United States;
Economic conditions; 1865-1918; Family farms; Capitalism;
Social classes
210 NAL Call. No.: 275.28 J82
Pooling resources for small-producer profits: a computer twist
to an old idea. Cross, T.L.; Mills, R.R.; O'Connor, C.
Madison, Wis. : Extension Journal; 1990.
Journal of extension v. 28: p. 14-16; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Profitability; Small farms; Computers;
Technology; Sheep; Cooperative extension service
211 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Preferences of citizens for agricultural policies: evidence
from a national survey.
Variyam, J.N.; Jordan, J.L.; Epperson, J.E.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1990
May. American journal of agricultural economics v. 72 (2): p.
257-267; 1990 May. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family farms; Agricultural policy;
National surveys; Public opinion; Economic indicators;
Econometric models; Agricultural structure; Structural change;
Resource utilization; Economic theories; Linear models
Abstract: The increasing costs of agricultural programs is
raising concern about the future direction of agricultural
policies. Data from a nationwide survey on public attitudes
toward agriculture are used to examine the structure of
citizens' preferences for government involvement in
agriculture and especially for policies to protect family
farms. Estimates of the influence of economic and
sociodemographic variables on policy preferences are computed
using a multiple-indicator model. Signs and magnitudes of
estimated coefficients lend support to the self-interest
theory of voter behavior. Results question economic arguments
suggesting altruistic motives as a cause of redistributionary
agricultural policies.
212 NAL Call. No.: MCMThesis Arch 1989 M. Arch.
Preserving a form a reinterpretation of the New England farm
for multi-family living.
Richter, Gwendolyn A.
c1989; 1989.
137 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Supervised by Rosemary D. Grimshaw.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137).
Language: English
213 NAL Call. No.: S530.J6
Production practices and extension needs of small soybean
farmers in the southeastern United States.
Palmer, J.H.; Watson, E.; Murdock, E.C.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1991.
Journal of agronomic education v. 20 (2): p. 93-96; 1991.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Southeastern states of U.S.A.; South Carolina;
Glycine max; Crop production; Crop management; Improvement;
Small farms; Surveys; Needs assessment; Educational programs;
Cooperative extension service
214 NAL Call. No.: 275.293 G29
Profile: farm bureau "is just part" of McCalls' lives.
Long, S.
Macon, Ga. : Georgia Farm Bureau Federation; 1989 May.
Georgia Farm Bureau news v. 50 (5): p. 9, 14. ill; 1989 May.
Language: English
Descriptors: Georgia; Cooperatives; Administrations;
Biographies; Farm families
215 NAL Call. No.: HD1401.A56
Profit maximization--does it matter?.
Young, K.D.; Shumway, C.R.; Goodwin, H.L.
New York, N.Y. : John Wiley; 1990 May.
Agribusiness v. 6 (3): p. 237-253; 1990 May. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Cattle farming; Profits; Maximum yield;
Motivation; Farmers' income; Farmers' attitudes; Herd size;
Off-farm employment; Regional surveys; Farm surveys;
Regression analysis; Least squares
216 NAL Call. No.: 290.9 AM32P
Quantifying agriculturally related accidental fatalities.
Murphy, D.J.
St. Joseph, Mich. : The Society; 1989.
Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers (89-5532):
8 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: Death; Accidents; Safety at work; Farm families
217 NAL Call. No.: 286.8 N488
A quiet exodus by the young leaves the future of family farms
in doubt. Johnson, D.
New York, N.Y. : H.J. Raymond & Co. :.; 1992 Jun09.
The New York times. p. A9; 1992 Jun09.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Family farms; Economic impact
218 NAL Call. No.: HT401.S68
Reaching extension's clientele: exploring patterns of
preferred information channels among small farm operators.
Israel, G.
Belhaven, N.C. : The Association; 1991.
Southern rural sociology : journal of the Southern Rural
Sociological Association, Southern Association of Agricultural
Scientists v. 8: p. 15-32; 1991. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Florida; Small farms; Off-farm employment;
Farmers' attitudes; Extension; Information services; Cost
benefit analysis; Patterns
Abstract: Effective delivery methods are important to the
impact of Extension programs. The effectiveness of delivering
Extension programs can be increased by matching the
information channels used by Extension to those preferred by
segments of the clientele. This study explores the preference
patterns of clientele for obtaining information. The influence
of selected individual and structural characteristics on those
patterns also is examined. Data from a mail survey (using the
Total Design Method, or TDM) of small farm operators from six
countries in Florida indicate that preference patterns vary.
The analysis, using confirmatory factor analysis, verified the
presence of a lower cost preference pattern and two higher
cost patterns, on focused on individual consultation and the
other on group educational activities. Regression analysis
also was used to determine the influence of selected
individual level and structural level characteristics on the
emergence of different preference patterns. These results can
be used as a guide to maximize contact in delivering
information to various segments of Extension audiences.
219 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
Reaching nontraditional extension clientele with small farm
paraprofessionals. Simon, M.F.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 183-186; 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: Kentucky; Small farms; Cooperative extension
service; Programs; Extension agents
220 NAL Call. No.: HD1775.V8H6
REAPs role in the forces of change.
Shabman, L.
Blacksburg, Va. : Rural Economic Analysis Program; 1989 Nov.
Horizons v. 1 (2): p. 3-4; 1989 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: Virginia; Rural economy; Non-farm income;
Employment; State government; Programs
221 NAL Call. No.: KF26.E559 1991a
Reclamation Reform Act amendments hearing before the
Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second
Congress, first session, on S. 1501 ... H.R. 429 ... September
12, 1991.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power
Washington [D.C.] : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O.,
Supt. of Docs. Congressional Sales Office,; 1991; Y 4.En
2:S.hrg.102-305. iii, 266, p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (S. hrg. ;
102-305). Distributed to some depository libraries in
microfiche. Shipping list no.: 91-842-P. Includes
bibliographical references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Reclamation of land; Subsidies; Irrigation laws;
Family farms; Agricultural industries
222 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
Regional survey of farm operators.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1989 Apr. Rural development news v. 13 (2): p.
7-8; 1989 Apr.
Language: English
Descriptors: North central states of U.S.A.; Farmers;
Operators; Regional surveys; Data collection; Farm families;
Rural women; Economic impact; Agricultural situation; Case
studies
223 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
Researchers set out to gauge the effectiveness of business
retention and expansion programs.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1989 Feb. Rural development news v. 13 (1): p. 9;
1989 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: North central states of U.S.A.; Rural
development; Non-farm income; Rural economy; Business;
Development projects; Program evaluation
224 NAL Call. No.: HN59.2.A45
Rethinking assumptions about farm and community.
Swanson, L.E.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press; 1990.
American rural communities / edited by Albert E. Luloff and
Louis E. Swanson. p. 19-33; 1990. (Westview special studies in
contemporary social issues).
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farming; Rural communities; Rural
economy; Structural change; Farm structure; Infrastructure;
Models; Off-farm employment; Literature reviews
225 NAL Call. No.: 275.29 IO9PA
Review family farm safety rules.
Schwab, C.V.; Goering, D.; Miller, L.
Ames, Iowa : The Service; 1992 Jul.
PM - Iowa State University, Cooperative Extension Service
(1265g): 2 p.; 1992 Jul. In the Subseries: Safe Farm.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Family farms; Safety; Accidents; Child care
226 NAL Call. No.: KF27.A344 1988b
Review the effects of the 1987 forest fires and the recovery
efforts in the national forests in California hearing before
the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy of the
Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One
Hundredth Congress, second session, May 20, 1988, Redding, CA.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture.
Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
Washington [D.C.] : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of
Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O.,; 1989; Y 4.Ag
8/1:100-90. iv, 183 p. : ill., form ; 24 cm. Distributed to
some depository libraries in microfiche. Serial no. 100-90.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: California; Public lands; Forest fires; Economic
aspects; California; Forest management; California
227 NAL Call. No.: HV1.H8
Revitalizing rural America.
Lovan, W.R.
Ithaca, N.Y. : New York State College of Human Ecology,
Cornell University; 1989.
Human ecology forum v. 18 (1): p. 2-4. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Rural development; Rural economy; Market
competition; World markets; Value added; Monetary situation;
Diversification; Entrepreneurship; Non-farm income;
Leadership; Technical aid; European communities
228 NAL Call. No.: 286.8 N488
Revival of GATT talks stirs U.S. trade battle.
Farnsworth, C.H.
New York, N.Y. : H.J. Raymond & Co. :.; 1991 Feb25.
The New York times. p. C1, C2; 1991 Feb25.
Language: English
Descriptors: International trade; Family farms; Gatt;
Subsidies
229 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U52C27
Rural Development Center in Salinas.
Visher, D.
Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center; 1991 May.
Small farm news. p. 7; 1991 May.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Agricultural education; Family farms;
Entrepreneurship
230 NAL Call. No.: HD2346.U5R8
The Rural Diversified Enterprise Center develops new business
ideas on family farms.
Halder, J.
Menomonee Falls, Wis. : The Journal; 1989.
Rural enterprise v. 3 (3): p. 28-29. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Family farming; Diversification; Farm
enterprises; Entrepreneurship; Technical training; Public
relations
231 NAL Call. No.: HQ1.F36
Rural economic decline and marital quality: a panel study of
farm marriages. Johnson, D.R.; Booth, A.
Minneapolis, Minn. : The National Council on Family Relations;
1990 Apr. Family relations v. 39 (2): p. 159-165; 1990 Apr.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Nebraska; Farm families; Mental stress;
Depression; Farm indebtedness; Rural economy; Marital
interaction; Sex differences; Divorce; Program development;
Models
232 NAL Call. No.: aHD1751.A42
Rural economy stronger but still vulnerable.
McGranahan, D.A.
Rockville, Md. : The Service; 1989 May.
Agricultural outlook AO - U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Economic Research Service (152): p. 32-33; 1989 May.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Rural development; Rural economy;
Economic recovery; Unemployment; Skilled labor; Labor market;
Trends; Off-farm employment; Non-farm income
233 NAL Call. No.: HD1751.C45
The rural Heartland in the Nineties: a new way of life or
lagging earnings?. Bird, A.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economic Association; 1990.
Choices : the magazine of food, farm and resource issues v. 5
(2): p. 18-21. ill., maps; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; South Dakota; Nebraska; Kansas;
Minnesota; Iowa; Missouri; Rural areas; Off-farm employment;
Diversification; Commuting; Life style; Legislation;
Settlement patterns; Trends
234 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
Rural revitalization work groups.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1989 Apr. Rural development news v. 13 (2): p.
9-10; 1989 Apr.
Language: English
Descriptors: North central states of U.S.A.; Rural
development; Community programs; Economic development;
Leadership; Public services; Retail marketing; Farm families
235 NAL Call. No.: RA771.A1J68
Rural youth disability prevention project survey: results from
169 Iowa farm families.
Hawk, C.; Gay, J.; Donham, K.J.
Kansas City, Mo. : National Rural Health Association; 1991.
The Journal of rural health v. 7 (2): p. 170-179; 1991.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iowa; Child labor; Safety at work; Farm families;
Family labor; Children; Play; Trauma; Prevention; Surveys;
Attitudes; Knowledge
236 NAL Call. No.: S544.3.K2K3
Safe domestic wells.
Black, R.D.; Powell, G.M.; Rogers, D.H.
Manhattan, Kan. : The Service; 1992 Jan.
MF - Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University,
Manhattan (970): 6 p.; 1992 Jan. In subseries: Water Quality.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kansas; Kansas; Wells; Family farms; Groundwater
pollution; Maintenance
237 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Saving the farm: strategies for success or distress.
Schulman, M.D.; Cotten, S.R.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1991.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 5: p. 241-258;
1991. In the series analytic: Household strategies / edited
by D.C. Clay and H.K. Schwarzweller. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Carolina; Farm families; Labor allocation;
Finance; Farm surveys; Agricultural households; Farm closures;
Survival
238 NAL Call. No.: aS622.S6
SCS focuses on limited resource farmers.
Rainford, S.
Washington, D.C. : The Service; 1991 Mar.
Soil & water conservation news - U.S. Deptartment of
Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service v. 11 (8): p. 9; 1991
Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: Pennsylvania; Farmers; Small farms; Farm
management; Pilot projects
239 NAL Call. No.: Videocassette no.1051
Seeking off-farm employment produced under the direction of
Roger Williams ; director/editor, Richard Geier.. Finding
off-farm employment 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 (15:07 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in + 1 study
guide. (Signs of change ; part 3). VHS format. Title on
videocassette spine: Finding off-farm employment. Title on
study guide: Economic options for Wisconsin farm families.
Funded by Otto Bremer Foundation and University of Wisconsin
Foundation.
Language: English
Descriptors: Job hunting; Job hunting; Agriculture; Farmers
Abstract: Many farmers have trouble making ends meet by just
farming and so have sought work off the farm. This video
explains how to go about finding a job and understanding your
job skills. People who have found work off the farm are
interviewed and the Dislocated Farmer Program is explained.
240 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 N814A no.271
Selected characteristics of North Dakota farm families engaged
in sustainable agricultural practices.
Jacobsen, Roy M.
Fargo, ND : Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural
Experiment Station, North Dakota State University,; 1991.
v, 14 p. ; 28 cm. (Agricultural economics report (North Dakota
Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo)) ; no. 271.). Cover
title. April 1991. Includes bibliographical references (p.
13-14).
Language: English
Descriptors: Sustainable agriculture; Rural families
241 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
Service sector offers more jobs, lower pay.
Porterfield, S.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1990 Jun.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 6 (3): p. 2-7; 1990
Jun.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Off-farm employment; Rural areas; Wage
rates; Income distribution
242 NAL Call. No.: A00069
Share the land: an innovative way to shoulder the burden &
save the family farm.
Sugarman, C.
Washington, D.C. : The Washington Post Co; 1991 May15.
The Washington post. p. E1, E4; 1991 May15.
Language: English
Descriptors: Maryland; Family farms; Community involvement;
Investment
243 NAL Call. No.: S451.P4P5
Significant recent trends in the demography of farm people.
Beale, C.L.
Philadelphia, Pa. : The Society; 1989.
Proceedings of the Philadelphia society for promoting
agriculture. p. 36-50; 1989. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm workers; Family labor; Trends;
Demography; Population change; Age differences; Farm families;
Family size; Children
244 NAL Call. No.: S1.M57
Small farm today.
Clark, MO : Missouri Farm Publishing Inc., [1992-; 1992-9999.
v. : ill. ; 28 cm. Title from cover.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Family farms; Farms, Small; Agriculture
245 NAL Call. No.: 281.9 P942
Small farm training and technical assistance project with
Virginia State University and Farmers Home
Administration/USDA.
Shea, A.C.; Lyons, L.W.
Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University; 1989.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Professional Agricultural
Workers Conference (47th): p. 69-72; 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.
Language: English
Descriptors: Virginia; Family farms; Small farms; Development
projects; Universities; Government organizations; Farm
management; Training; Program participants
246 NAL Call. No.: aHN90.C6R78
Small farmers weathered 1980's financial stress better than
large farmers. Hanson, G.D.; Jinkins, J.E.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic
Research Service; 1990-1991.
Rural development perspectives : RDP v. 7 (1): p. 26-29;
1990-1991.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Farm indebtedness; Non-farm
income; Loans; Large farms
247 NAL Call. No.: aZ5071.N3
Small farms and farming in the U.S., January 1985-June 1989.
MacLean, J.T.
Beltsville, Md. : The Library; 1989 Dec.
Quick bibliography series - U.S. Department of Agriculure,
National Agricultural Library (U.S.). (90-14): 27 p.; 1989
Dec. Updates QB 88-37. Bibliography.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Family farming
248 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U5D4
Small scale agriculture in America race, economics, and the
future. Demissie, Ejigou
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press,; 1990.
xv, 135 p. ; 22 cm. (Westview special studies in agricultural
science and policy). Includes index. Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Farms, Small; United States; Farms, Small;
Government policy; United States; Agriculture; Economic
aspects; United States; Agriculture and state; United States;
Farmers; United States; Economic conditions; Afro-American
farmers; United States; Economic conditions
249 NAL Call. No.: HD1775.O5O3
Smokey Stover case for Oklahoma Bankers Association
Agricultural Bankers Conference.
Love, R.O.; Haefner, H.G.; Mapp, H.P.
Stillwater, Okla. : The Department; 1991 Feb13.
A. E. - Oklahoma State University, Department of Agricultural
Economics (9106): 17 p.; 1991 Feb13.
Language: English
Descriptors: Oklahoma; Family farms; Simulation models;
Financial planning
250 NAL Call. No.: S494.5.E547
Social dimensions of energy use in agriculture.
Harris, C.K.; Macheski, G.E.
Amsterdam : Elsevier; 1992.
Energy in world agriculture v. 6: p. 311-332; 1992. In the
series analytic: Energy in Farm Production / edited by R.C.
Fluck. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm sector; Energy consumption; Social
impact; Farm families; Farm workers; Farms; Mechanization;
Farm size; Agricultural products; Commodities; Variation;
Agribusiness; Labor requirements; Labor intensity
251 NAL Call. No.: 281.28 R88
The socioeconomic basis of farm enterprise diversification
decisions. Anosike, N.; Coughenour, C.M.
Bozeman, Mont. : Rural Sociological Society; 1990.
Rural sociology v. 55 (1): p. 1-24; 1990. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kentucky; Farm management; Decision making;
Specialized farming; Diversification; Social behavior; Farm
size; Education; Tenure systems; Off-farm employment; Age
differences; Ecology; Mathematical models
Abstract: In contrast to earlier studies, recent research on
socioeconomic and ecological factors affecting farm decision
making suggests that, at the microlevel, farm size is
inversely related to specialization and directly related to
diversification decisions but empirical tests have been
limited. Using a social behavioral, farming systems
perspective, we examine factors affecting diversification and
specialization decisions, including land tenure, off-farm
work, and education (which are crucial to successful
management) and environmental variation (which affects the
decision to select appropriate enterprises). Data from a
random sample of Kentucky farmers were used to test the model.
Diversification, whether defined according to crops or
commodities, is significantly related to farm size, human
capital, and regional variation in land and soil types. The
study clarifies the relationship between diversification and
farm size issues and broadens understanding of farm
diversification decisions. The findings indicate that
increased farm size and better farm management reduce the rate
of increase in farm specialization.
252 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Some like it hot.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1989. Arizona land & people v. 39 (1): p. 6-7. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Capsicum; Chillies; Small farms; Plant
production; Irrigated farming; Arid zones
253 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Somewhere in Cochise County.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1989. Arizona land & people v. 39 (1): p. 18-20. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Small farms; Vegetables; Honey; Organic
farming; Arid zones; Soil fertility
254 NAL Call. No.: HD1775.O5C87
Sources and levels of off-farm income in Oklahoma.
Walker, O.L.; Bellinghausen, B.
Stillwater, Okla. : The Station; 1991 Sep.
Current farm economics - Agricultural Experiment Station,
Division of Agriculture, Oklahoma State University v. 64 (3):
p. 23-34; 1991 Sep. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Oklahoma; Non-farm income; Sources; Farm surveys;
Demography
255 NAL Call. No.: Videocassette no.1052
Starting a home-based business 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 (15:28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in + 1 study
guide. (Signs of change ; part 1). VHS format. Title on
study guide: Economic options for Wisconsin farm families.
Language: English
Descriptors: Home-based businesses; Agriculture; Farmers
Abstract: This video examines the option of starting a small
business operation from the farm house. Examples include a New
Glarus couple who operate a bed and breakfast on their farm,
and a Coon Valley farmer who sells small-scale wood harvesting
equipment and his wife who does stained glass work. Also shows
how and where to go for help.
256 NAL Call. No.: 1.90 C2OU8
State-federal cooperation.
Branstad, T.E.
Washington, D.C. : The Department; 1989.
Outlook - Proceedings, Agricultural Outlook Conference, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (65th): p. 431-436; 1989. Meeting
held November 29-December 1, 1988, Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Iowa; Rural development; State
government; Federal government; Economic growth;
Diversification; Off-farm employment; Employment
opportunities; Land evaluation; Marketing; Agricultural
policy; Development aid; Rural economy
257 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Status aspirations and lifestyle influences on farm survival.
Barlett, P.F.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1991.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 5: p. 173-190;
1991. In the series analytic: Household strategies / edited
by D.C. Clay and H.K. Schwarzweller. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Georgia; Farm families; Aspirations; Objectives;
Farm management; Lifestyle; Social classes; Social structure;
Household consumption; Farm numbers; Farm closures; History;
Off-farm employment
258 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U52C27
Steve Barsoom.
Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center; 1991 Sep.
Small farm news. p. 6; 1991 Sep.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Small farms; Management
259 NAL Call. No.: 1 Ag84Ab no.647
Structural change in the U.S. farm sector, 1974-87 13th annual
family farm report to Congress.
Reimund, Donn Alvin,; Gale, Fred
United States, Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research
Service,; 1992. iv, 25 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (Agriculture
information bulletin ; no. 647). Caption title. May 1992.
Includes bibliographical references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Family farms; Farm income
260 NAL Call. No.: 251.8 R32
A study of economic efficiency of Utah dairy farmers: a system
approach. Kumbhakar, S.C.; Biswas, B.; Bailey, D.V.
Amsterdam : Elsevier Science Publishers (North Holland); 1989
Nov. The Review of economics and statistics v. 71 (4): p.
595-604; 1989 Nov. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Utah; Dairy farming; Farm management; Education;
Labor productivity; Capital productivity; Non-farm income;
Farm size; Economies of scale; Mathematical models
261 NAL Call. No.: HT401.R47
Successful family farming: The intersection of economics and
family life. Stover, R.G.; Clark, V.L.; Janssen, L.L.
Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press; 1991.
Research in rural sociology and development v. 5: p. 113-129;
1991. In the series analytic: Household strategies / edited
by D.C. Clay and H.K. Schwarzweller. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South Dakota; Family farms; Farm families;
Quality of life; Farm management; Farm surveys; Finance
262 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
The supply of off-farm labor: a random coefficients approach.
Lass, D.A.; Gempesaw, C.M. II
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1992
May. American journal of agricultural economics v. 74 (2): p.
400-411; 1992 May. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Pennsylvania; Off-farm employment; Family farms;
Labor force; Supply functions; Decision making; Farm surveys
Abstract: A joint model of off-farm labor decisions for farm
operator and spouse is presented. Attention is given to
operator and spouse participation decisions as well as
associated problems of multiple sample selectivity biases.
Two-stage fixed and random coefficient methods, corrected for
possible selectivity biases, are used to estimate supply
function parameters. Results indicate that supply function
parameters are random. Variation in important supply
parameters is investigated. Results also illustrate the
importance of spouse decisions on off-farm labor supply
function structure.
263 NAL Call. No.: HT421.K41
A survey of Pennsylvania dairy farm families [final report].
Keller, Peter A.,; Phillips, Virginia B.; Marple, Kenneth
Mansfield, Pa. : Mansfield University,; 1989.
31 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. June 1989. Includes bibliographical
references (p. 29-31).
Language: English
Descriptors: Rural families; Pennsylvania; Social conditions;
Rural families; Pennsylvania; Economic conditions; Dairy
farms; Pennsylvania
264 NAL Call. No.: HT421.K4
A survey of Pennsylvania dairy farm families [summary report].
Keller, Peter A.,; Phillips, Virginia B.; Marple, Kenneth
Mansfield, Pa. : Mansfield University,; 1989.
7 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. June 1989. Includes bibliographical
references (p. 7).
Language: English
Descriptors: Rural families; Pennsylvania; Social conditions;
Rural families; Pennsylvania; Economic conditions; Dairy
farms; Pennsylvania
265 NAL Call. No.: HT401.A36
The survival of the black tobacco farmer: empirical results
and policy dilemmas.
Schulman, M.D.; Newman, B.A.
Gainesville, Fla. : Humanities and Agriculture, University of
Florida; 1991. Agriculture and human values v. 8 (3): p.
45-52; 1991. In the special issue: Rural economic development
/ edited by M.B. Lapping and H.M. Jacobs. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Carolina; Blacks; Tobacco; Small farms;
Regional surveys; Agricultural households; Multivariate
analysis; Farm income; Family labor
266 NAL Call. No.: Q225.I7
Sustainable family farming.
Hightower, J.
Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences; 1989.
Issues in science and technology v. 6 (1): p. 26-28; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Family farming; Farm income; Constraints;
Agricultural policy; Cost benefit analysis; Problem solving;
Pollution by agriculture; Environmental protection;
Legislation; State government; Extension activities;
Integrated pest management; Organic farming
267 NAL Call. No.: 275.28 J82
Targeting farmers for stress reduction: social support
networks help some more than others.
Schulman, M.D.; Armstrong, P.S.
Madison, Wis. : Extension Journal; 1990.
Journal of extension v. 28: p. 10-13; 1990. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Farm workers; Farm families; Stress; Support
systems; Extension
268 NAL Call. No.: A00110
Tasting best of the crop.
Kraus, S.
San Francisco, Calif. : The Chronical Publishing Co; 1991
Jul24. San Francisco chronicle. p. 1, 8; 1991 Jul24.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Land development; Family farms
269 NAL Call. No.: KF26.F5526 1989
Tax treatment of certain farm indebtedness hearing before the
Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation of the
Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred First
Congress, first session, on S. 1041, July 28, 1989. United
States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee
on Energy and Agricultural Taxation
Washington [D.C.] : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of
Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O.,; 1990; Y 4.F
49:S.hrg.101-609. iv, 86 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (S. hrg. ;
101-609). Distributed to some depository libraries in
microfiche. Includes bibliographical references.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Family farms; Taxation; Law and legislation;
United States; Agricultural credit; Law and legislation;
United States; Capital gains tax; United States
270 NAL Call. No.: 94.69 N81
Technology for as small black walnut orchard.
Blaufuss, T.
Hamden, Conn. : The Association; 1990.
Annual report of the Northern Nut Growers Association (81st):
p. 114-115; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kansas; Juglans nigra; Orchards; Small farms;
Farm equipment
271 NAL Call. No.: 284.8 F31K
The tenth district: matching a nation in recovery.
Miller, G.H. Jr
Kansas City, Mo. : Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; 1992.
Economic review v. 77 (1): p. 5-18; 1992. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Nebraska; Kansas; New Mexico; Colorado;
Oklahoma; Wyoming; Missouri; Economic recovery; Economic
growth; Comparisons; Non-farm income; Farm income; Industry;
Regions; Off-farm employment
272 NAL Call. No.: 284.8 F31K
The tenth district: moving ahead slowly.
Smith, T.R.
Kansas City, Mo. : Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; 1993.
Economic review v. 78 (1): p. 27-40; 1993. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Great plains states of U.S.A.; U.S.A.; Off-farm
employment; Economic growth; Economic regions; Sectoral
analysis
273 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U52C27
Tom Haller, California Assoc. of family farmers.
Visher, D.
Davis, Calif. : U.C.D. Small Farm Center; 1991 Mar.
Small farm news. p. 7; 1991 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Family farms; Management
274 NAL Call. No.: HD1476.U6N77
Too wet to plow the family farm in transition.
Simonelli, Jeanne M.; Winters, Charles D.,
New York : New Amsterdam,; 1990.
127 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Descriptors: Family farms; New York (State); Catskill
Mountains; Dairy farms; New York (State); Catskill Mountains
275 NAL Call. No.: HT401.J68
The underemployment of American rural women: prevalence,
trends and spatial inequality.
Lichter, D.T.
Elmsford, N.Y. : Pergamon Press; 1989.
Journal of rural studies v. 5 (2): p. 199-208; 1989. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Rural women; Underemployment; Trends;
Labor market; Employed women; Sex differences; Poverty;
Working hours; Wage rates; Unemployment; Part time employment;
Off-farm employment
276 NAL Call. No.: 277.8 J822
Unemployment, employment contracts, and compensating wage
differentials: Michigan in the 1890s.
Hatton, T.J.; Williamson, J.G.
New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press; 1991 Sep.
The Journal of economic history v. 51 (3): p. 605-632; 1991
Sep. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Michigan; Farm workers; Unskilled labor;
Unemployment; Wages; Risk; Labor market; Savings; Labor
contracts; History; Off-farm employment
277 NAL Call. No.: HD2346.U5R8
University of California report shows small farmers doing
surprisingly well. Menomonee Falls, Wis. : The Journal; 1989.
Rural enterprise v. 3 (4): p. 15; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Small farms; Farm income; Direct
marketing; Fruits; Value added
278 NAL Call. No.: F54.H38 1992
Up in the morning early Vermont farm families in the thirties.
Hastings, Scott E.; Hastings, Elsie R.
Hanover, NH : University Press of New England,; 1992.
159 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Vermont; Social life and customs; Pictorial
works; Vermont; Rural conditions; Pictorial works; Farm life
279 NAL Call. No.: SB113.2.S45
US Ag policy to cause farm declines.
Cedar Falls, IA : Freiberg Pub. Co; 1991 Dec.
Seed industry v. 42 (11): p. 25; 1991 Dec.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Agricultural policy; Regulations; Usda;
Environmental protection; Medium sized farms; Small farms;
Economic impact
280 NAL Call. No.: aHD1751.A42
The U.S. farm sector in review.
Reimund, D.; Brooks, N.; Reinsel, B.
Rockville, Md. : The Service; 1991 Oct.
Agricultural outlook AO - U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Economic Research Service (179): p. 32-39; 1991 Oct.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm sector; Family farms; Farm size;
Trends; Federal programs; Participation; Farm income
281 NAL Call. No.: 1 Ag84A6 no.587
The U.S. farming sector entering the 1990's twelfth annual
report on the status of family farms.. US farming sector
entering the 1990's Carlin, Thomas A.; Mazie, Sara M.
United States, Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research
Service,; 1990; A 1.75:587.
v, 62 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. (Agriculture information
bulletin ; no. 587). Cover title. "Based on the 12th annual
report to the Congress on the status of family farms"--Pref.
"June 1990"--P. [i]. Includes bibliographical references.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Family farms; United States; Agriculture;
Economic aspects; United States
282 NAL Call. No.: HN79.A14R87
USDA looks at research needs of small-scale farmers.
Malia, J.
Ames, Iowa : North Central Regional Center for Rural
Development; 1989 Feb. Rural development news v. 13 (1): p.
6-7; 1989 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Small farms; Research; Usda; Information
dissemination
283 NAL Call. No.: 277.8 J822
The value of household labor in antebellum northern
agriculture. Craig, L.A.
New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press; 1991 Mar.
The Journal of economic history v. 51 (1): p. 67-81; 1991 Mar.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Child labor; Adolescents; Female labor;
Farm workers; Farm families; Family labor; Marginal analysis;
Productivity; Estimates; Age; Regions; Value theory;
Agricultural sector; Production functions; Agricultural
households
284 NAL Call. No.: HD101.S6
A variable price support farm program: a transition tool to a
free market. Huang, W.Y.; Hyberg, B.; Segarra, E.
Experiment, Ga. : The Association; 1990 Jul.
Southern journal of agricultural economics - Southern
Agricultural Economics Association v. 22 (1): p. 133-143; 1990
Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Maize; Soybeans; Wheat; Agricultural
policy; Agricultural production; Production controls; Farm
income; Farm size; Small farms; Trade liberalization; Federal
programs; Legislation; Characteristics; Limiting factors;
Production functions; Econometric models
Abstract: This paper analyzes a variable price support
program (VPS) as an alternative to the current farm income
support program. The VPS program can control U.S. agricultural
production while protecting income of small farmers. The VPS
is designed to alter farm level production decisions by
reducing commodity support prices for each additional unit of
production produced. This will serve to discourage excess
aggregate production. The VPS program can be a mechanism to
stabilize income of efficient small farms during the
transition from the current farm programs to a free market
environment. An illustrative study is used to target
government program benefits to various farm-size groups.
285 NAL Call. No.: HD9438.V4P64 1989
Venison processing & marketing feasibility study / business
plan.. Venison processing and marketing feasibility study /
business plan Poehling, Jerry
Minnesota Family Farm Institute, Keystone Group
S.l. : s.n.,; 1989.
1 v. (various foliations) : ill. ; 28 cm. 9/13/89.
Language: English
Descriptors: Venison; Meat industry and trade
286 NAL Call. No.: 275.28 J82
Videos for self-study: use among small farmers.
Israel, G.D.; Ingram, D.L.
Madison, Wis. : Extension Journal; 1991.
Journal of extension v. 29: p. 18-20; 1991. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Videotapes; Independent study; Educational
programs; Farmers; Cooperative extension service; Support
systems; Teaching methods
287 NAL Call. No.: HC10.E85
Wage gaps between farm and city: Michigan in the 1890's.
Hatton, T.J.; Williamson, J.G.
Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press; 1991 Oct.
Explorations in economic history v. 28 (4): p. 381-408; 1991
Oct. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Michigan; Wages; Farm workers; Employment; Non-
farm income; Labor market; Market segmentation; Urban areas;
Rural areas; History; Comparisons; Mathematical models;
Regression analysis
288 NAL Call. No.: HN80.W38S28 1992
Waucoma twilight generations of the farm.
Schwartz, Dona
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press,; 1992.
x, 164 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. (Smithsonian series in ethnographic
inquiry). Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and
index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Waucoma (Iowa); Rural conditions; Waucoma (Iowa);
Rural conditions; Pictorial works; Family farms
289 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
Welsh cattlemen of the Kansas Flint Hills: social and
ideological dimensions of cattle entrepreneurship.
Hickey, J.V.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1989.
Agricultural history v. 63 (4): p. 56-71. maps; 1989.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kansas; Cattle husbandry; Ethnic groups; Ethics;
Family farming; History; Ideology; Rural sociology
290 NAL Call. No.: HT401.J68
What work is real? Changing roles of farm and ranch wives in
south-eastern Ohio.
Fink, V.S.
Elmsford, N.Y. : Pergamon Press; 1991.
Journal of rural studies v. 7 (1/2): p. 17-22; 1991. In the
series analytic: Women in agriculture / edited by M.B. Darque
and R. Gasson. Paper presented at a Workshop at the World
Congress for Rural Sociology, July 1988, Bologna, Italy.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ohio; Rural women; Farm families; Role
perception; Age groups; Division of labor; History
291 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
Why did the number of young farm entrants decline?.
Gale, H.F.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1993
Feb. American journal of agricultural economics v. 75 (1): p.
138-146; 1993 Feb. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Farm entrants; Demography; Agricultural
structure; Age; Agricultural prices; Regions; Off-farm
employment; Employment opportunities; Probabilistic models
Abstract: The influence of demographic and economic factors
on the number of young farm entrants is investigated. After
controlling for the demographic effect, it is found that
higher commodity prices, lower real interest rates, and lower
land values are associated with greater entry. Regional
effects suggest lower entry in states with better nonfarm
opportunities. Demographic factors suggest that the shrinking
pool of potential entrants will lead to further decline in
farm entry. The decline in farm entry has important
implications for the future structure of farming in the United
States.
292 NAL Call. No.: S612.A753
Wild plant management: cross-cultural examples of the small
farmers of Jaumave, Mexico, and the Southern Miwok of the
Yosemite region. Anderson, K.
Tucson, Ariz. : Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of
Arizona; 1991. Arid lands newsletter v. 31: p. 18-23; 1991.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Mexico; California; Wild plants; Ethnobotany;
American indians; Ethnic groups; Farming; Harvesting;
Horticulture; Sporobolus; Muhlenbergia
293 NAL Call. No.: HT401.J68
Women's off-farm work and gender stratification.
Deseran, F.A.; Simpkins, N.R.
Elmsford, N.Y. : Pergamon Press; 1991.
Journal of rural studies v. 7 (1/2): p. 91-97; 1991. In the
series analytic: Women in agriculture / edited by M.B. Darque
and R. Gasson. Paper presented at a Workshop at the World
Congress for Rural Sociology, July 1988, Bologna, Italy.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Louisiana; Rural women; Men; Female labor;
Agricultural households; Division of labor; Off-farm
employment; Farm families; Farm surveys
AUTHOR INDEX
Ackerman, N. 111
Ackerman, N.M. 54
Adutwum, R.O. 49
Aldich, A. 160
Almaas, R. 77
Altieri, M.A. 15, 174
Ames, G.C.W. 164
Amir, P. 152
Ancona, George 18
Anderson, Joan 18
Anderson, K. 292
Anderson, R.J. 180
Anosike, N. 251
Armstrong, P.S. 267
Arnold, J.D. 128
Arwood, D. 98
Astier, M.A. 174
Baharanyi, N. 58, 201
Bailey, D. 54, 111
Bailey, D.V. 260
Bakx, W.A. 174
Barbieri, E. 128
Barkley, A.P. 61
Barlett, P.F. 257
Barlett, Peggy F., 17
Bauer, J.W. 4
Bazzarre, T.L. 23, 192
Beale, C. 29
Beale, C.L. 243
Bellinghausen, B. 254
Benedict, L. (ed.) 140
Bentley, S. 6, 157
Bird, A. 233
Biswas, B. 260
Black, R.D. 236
Blaufuss, T. 270
Boehlje, M. 106
Bogue, M.B. 163
Boisvert, R.N. 3
Booth, A. 231
Branstad, T.E. 256
Brooks, N. 280
Broshar, D. 76
Brown, N.B. Jr 164, 166
Bruce, R.L. 188
Brusko, M. 183
Bultena, G. 158
Burwood, Stephen 13
Butz, E.L. 87
Calloway, D. 137
Campbell, R.R. 145
Cann, N.M. 86
Cantrell, P. 119
Carlin, T. 88
Carlin, T.A. 107
Carlin, Thomas A. 281
Carman, H. 39
Carnett, E.C. Jr 129
Carpenter, L.T. 127
Cate, R. 179
Centner, T.J. 164
Chen, H. 62
Cho, W.K. 30
Christy, R.D. 10, 165
Cichra, C.E. 127
Clark, V.L. 261
Clark-Lempers, D.S. 90
Comer, S.L. 64
Cotten, S.R. 237
Coughenour, C.M. 9, 60, 251
Craig, L.A. 283
Cramer, G.L. 152
Crispell, C. 144
Cross, T.L. 210
Dagher, M.A. 16, 165
Dalecki, M.G. 9
Danes, S.M. 4
Davis, L. 167
Demissie, E. 141
Demissie, Ejigou 248
Deseran, F.A. 204, 293
Dishongh, G.L. 126
Donald, S.L. 21
Donham, K.J. 235
Dubofsky, Melvyn 13
Duffy, P.A. 24
Eckert, J. 47
Eckert, J.B. 73
Ekstrom, B.L. 26, 27, 101
Ellerbrock, M.J. 55
Epperson, J.E. 211
Erickson, D.E. 148
Evans, M.L. 173
Family Farm Organizing Resource Center, Rural Realignment
Project 185
Farnsworth, C.H. 228
Fellows, J. 100
Field, W.E. 45
Findeis, J.L. 194
Fink, V.S. 290
Fitchen, J.M. 143
Fitzgerald, M. 191
Forster, L. 198
Gale, Fred 259
Gale, H.F. 291
Gale, H.F. Jr 70
Galfond, Glenn 79
Gay, J. 235
Gebrelul, S. 156
Gebremedhin, T.G. 10, 156
Gempesaw, C.M. II 262
Gersper, P.L. 174
Godwin, D.D. 109
Goering, D. 225
Goodwin, H.L. 215
Goudy, W. 158
Gould, B.W. 38, 196
Gray, J. 16
Green, B.L. 107
Gunter, L. 150
Gunter, Lewell F. 193
Gutierrez, P. 47
Haefner, H.G. 249
Halder, J. 230
Hallberg, M. C. 208
Hallberg, M.C. 194
Hanson, G.D. 246
Hardie, I. 199
Harris, C.K. 250
Harris, J.W. 200
Hart, John, 121
Hashimoto, K. 42
Hassebrook, Chuck 40
Hastings, Elsie R. 278
Hastings, Scott E. 278
Hatton, T.J. 276, 287
Hawk, C. 235
Headlee, Sue E. 209
Heagler, A.M. 42
Hegyes, Gabriel 40
Heine, R. 146
Henderson, D. 41
Hickey, J.V. 289
Hightower, J. 266
Hill, W. 201
Hines, F. 69
Hiremath, B.N. 64
Hogarth, J.M. 186
Holly, M. 138
Hoopingarner, R. 48
Hopkins, R.G. 23, 192
Huam, L.C. 21
Huang, W.Y. 284
Huffman, W.E. 169, 197
Hunte, C.N. 5
Hunter, Dianna, 32
Hutt, G.K. 85, 176
Hyberg, B. 284
Ikerd, J. 134
Ilic, P. 149
Ingram, D.L. 286
Innes, R. 39
Iowa State University, Technology and Social Change
Program 19
Iowa State University, Technology and Social Change Program,
Center for Rural Affairs 40
Irwin, J.R. 113
Israel, G. 218
Israel, G.D. 286
Jacobsen, Roy M. 240
Janssen, L.L. 261
Japenga, A. 168
Jenkins, Q.A.L. 172
Jenson, G. 111
Jenson, G.O. 54
Jinkins, J.E. 246
Johnson, D. 199, 217
Johnson, D.R. 231
Johnson, G.J. 139
Johnson, J.B. 44
Jordan, J.L. 71, 211
Jost, M. 112
Joyce, L.T. 37
Keith, J. 75
Keller, E. 39
Keller, Peter A., 263, 264
Kelsey, M.P. 177
Kelsey, T.W. 124
Kerr, H.W. Jr 133
Kershner, V. 115
Kettner, K. 139, 158
Kilkenny, M. 189
Killham, N. 25
Kilman, S. 33
Klassen, H.C. 43
Kongricharoern, N. 62
Kralewski, J.E. 59
Kraus, S. 268
Kumbhakar, S.C. 260
Kyle, Steven C. 105
Labao, Linda M. 102
LaDue, E. 144
Lange, M.D. 197
Langemeier, M.R. 116
Lasley, P. 100, 139, 158
Lass, D.A.p 194, 262
Lattz, D.H. 95, 96, 97
LeClere, F.B. 74
Leik, R.K. 153
Leistritz, F.L. 26, 27, 101
Lempers, J.D. 90
Lessley, B. 199
Levins, R.A. 11
Lichter, D.T. 275
Lilley, S. 190
Liu, Y. 59
Lobao, L.M. 46, 122
Lobao, Linda M., 170
Londhe, Suresh R. 72
Long, S. 214
Lovan, W.R. 227
Love, R.O. 249
Ludwig, D.C. 180
Lyons, L.W. 245
Macheski, G.E. 250
MacLean, J.T. 247
Maize, S. 88
Malia, J. 282
Mammen, S. 191
Mapp, H.P. 249
Marlowe, J. 109
Marple, Kenneth 263, 264
Martin, K. 136
Martinez, D. 103, 120
Mazie, Sara M. 281
McGonigal, J.W. 186, 188
McGranahan, D.A. 232
McLean-Meyinsse, P.E. 165
McManus, B. 42
McMillen, W. 125
McNamara, K.T. 150
Meszaros, P.S. 92
Meyer, K. 46
Meyer, Katherine 102
Miller, G.H. Jr 271
Miller, H.A. 173
Miller, L. 225
Mills, R.R. 210
Minnesota Family Farm Institute, Keystone Group 285
Mizelle, W.O. Jr 164
Molnar, J.J. 8
Monke, J. 106
Moore, K.M. 7
Morris, A.R. 84
Mortensen, Timothy L. 81
Mortenson, T.L. 27
Munoz, R. 198
Murdoch, S.D. 23, 192
Murdock, E.C. 213
Murphy, D.J. 216
Murphy, S. 137
Nelson, M.C. 166
Netusil, A.J. 90
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dept.
of Agricultural Economics 105
Newman, B.A. 265
Nixon, D.M. 128
North, Raymond D. 187
Norwood, J.S. 55
O'Connor, C. 210
Obst, J. 99
Ogunwole, S. 30
Ohlendorf, G.W. 172
Ou-Yang, L.S. 199
Palmer, J.H. 213
Pankow, D. 91, 191
Parker, T.S. 114
Parks, W. 53
Patrick, G.F. 50, 116
Paynter, M. 68, 132, 148
Pease, J. 158
Pederson, G. 106
Perry, J. 155
Perry, J.E. 20
Petrulis, M.F. 69
Phillips, Anne Radford 110
Phillips, Virginia B. 263, 264
Piercy, L.R. 147
Pierson, S. 207
Pistorius, Alan 52
Poehling, Jerry 285
Pogue, C. 153
Poling, E.B. 31
Polprasert, C. 62
Porterfield, S. 241
Powell, G.M. 236
Price Waterhouse (Firm), Office of Government Services, United
States, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis and
Evaluation 79
Purschwitz, M.A. 45
Rainford, S. 238
Ranney, C. 3
Rao, A.S. 50
Rathge, R.W. 101
Ray, M.P. 179
Reber, R.J. 36
Receveur, O. 137
Reddy, C.R. 21
Rego, W.T. 11
Reid, N. 181
Reimund, D. 280
Reimund, Donn Alvin, 259
Reinsel, B. 280
Rettig, K.D. 4
Rhodes, Richard 94
Richter, Gwendolyn A. 212
Ritchie, L. 137
Roach, J.D. 55
Rogers, D.H. 236
Rosenfeld, A. 184
Rossman, J.E. 128
Salamon, S. 118
Sanford, M.T. 48
Satterlee, J. 98
Saupe, W. 6, 157
Saupe, W.E. 38, 196
Schreiner, D.F. 20
Schriener, D. 41
Schulman, M.D. 122, 190, 237, 265, 267
Schwab, C.V. 225
Schwalbe, M. 190
Schwartz, Dona 288
Schwarzweller, H. 56
Segarra, E. 284
Selassie, Haile M. G. 72
Shabman, L. 220
Shapiro, J. 59
Shea, A.C. 245
Shumway, C.R. 215
Shurley, D. 202
Siaway, A. 58
Simon, M.F. 219
Simonelli, Jeanne M. 274
Simpkins, N.R. 293
Singh, S.P. 64
Smith, D. 28
Smith, H.A. 44
Smith, J.P. 51
Smith, T.M. 78
Smith, T.R. 272
Sommer, J.E. 69
Speedy, A.W. 154
Stallones, L. 147
Standaert, J.E. 44
Stegelin, D.A. 195
Stegelin, F.E. 195
Stephenson, K. 202
Stinner, B. 117
Stout, T. 198
Stover, R.G. 261
Sugarman, C. 242
Swanson, L. 60
Swanson, L.E. 224
Tan, G.G. 179
Tegene, A. 151
Tennyson, L. 146
Tevis, C. 131
Thompson, Jim 79
Tokle, J.G. 169
Tomaskovic-Devey, D. 190
Toomer, L.F. 166
Trujillo, J.A. 174
Turner, J. 1, 2
Tweeten, L. 41, 135, 155
United States, Cooperative State Research Service, Office for
Small-Scale Agriculture 65
United States, Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
259, 281
United States, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,
Office of Migrant Education 66
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture.
Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy 226
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power 221
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance.
Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation 269
United States. General Accounting Office 14
University of Maryland at College Park, Dept. of American
Studies 110
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Health and Human Issues 67,
239, 255
Urbain, C.D. 142
Van Es, J.C. 36
Variyam, J.N. 71, 211
Visher, D. 57, 63, 159, 229, 273
Vobejba, B. 104
Walker, O.L. 254
Walter, J. 89
Wang, E. 73
Wanzek, J. 27
Watson, E. 213
Weigel, D.J. 93
Weigel, R.R. 93
Whitener, L.A. 114, 162
Wilkins, H.F. 205
Williams, Roger T. 67, 239, 255
Williamson, J.G. 276, 287
Winters, Charles D., 274
Wise, Kelly 79
Wu, L.S. 8
Wu, S.L. 23, 192
Yang, P.Y. 62
Yoder, Rhonda Lou 19
Young, K.B. 152
Young, K.D. 215
Zabawa, R. 58, 201
Zimmerman, J. 12
SUBJECT INDEX
19th century 209
20th century 13
Academic achievement 60, 90
Accidents 45, 124, 216, 225
Acreage 44, 172
Adjustment 157
Administrations 214
Adolescents 90, 283
Affective behavior 90
Afro-American farmers 248
Age 20, 283, 291
Age differences 8, 90, 114, 243, 251
Age groups 290
Aggregate data 61
Agrarian countries 8
Agrarian reform 122
Agribusiness 15, 152, 180, 195, 250
Agricultural adjustment 155
Agricultural banks 129
Agricultural biotechnology 40
Agricultural censuses 61, 150, 172
Agricultural chemicals 84
Agricultural colleges 5, 141, 145
Agricultural credit 49, 187, 269
Agricultural crises 46, 178
Agricultural development 145, 152, 180
Agricultural economics 167
Agricultural education 117, 229
Agricultural extension workers 65
Agricultural households 3, 46, 198, 237, 265, 283, 293
Agricultural industries 221
Agricultural laborers 185
Agricultural laws and legislation 14
Agricultural manpower 30
Agricultural policy 24, 42, 50, 71, 88, 167, 189, 211, 256,
266, 279, 284
Agricultural prices 151, 291
Agricultural production 151, 284
Agricultural products 250
Agricultural regions 75
Agricultural research 133, 154
Agricultural sector 283
Agricultural situation 56, 87, 133, 151, 222
Agricultural structure 10, 82, 172, 211, 291
Agricultural subsidies 208
Agricultural trade 189
Agriculture 5, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 36, 65, 65, 67, 94,
170, 187, 239, 244, 248, 255, 281
Agriculture and state 13, 187, 208, 248
Alabama 1, 2, 58, 109, 126
Alberta 43
Algae 22
Alternative agriculture 67
Alternative farming 16, 134
American indians 138, 292
Amish 19
Angling 127
Animal production 161
Animal welfare 168
Anthropometric dimensions 137
Arid zones 22, 161, 252, 253
Arizona 22, 80, 161, 252, 253
Asparagus 131
Aspirations 257
Assets 39, 128
Attitudes 9, 24, 77, 235
Balance sheets 128, 177
Bankruptcy 32, 39
Basic needs 39
Beef production 33
Beekeeping 48
Behavior patterns 178
Beliefs 9, 138
Biographies 163, 214
Biological control 15, 174
Bioreactors 62
Blacks 5, 29, 30, 49, 51, 58, 113, 126, 141, 200, 201, 265
Blood pressure 192
Blood serum 23
Body fat 192
Body weight 23
Building construction 142
Building materials 142
Business 41, 223
Businesses 85, 195
California 15, 35, 39, 53, 57, 63, 115, 123, 137, 149, 159,
174, 206, 226, 226, 226, 229, 258, 268, 273, 277, 292
Capital 141
Capital gains tax 269
Capital productivity 260
Capitalism 184, 209
Capsicum 252
Cardiovascular diseases 23, 192
Case studies 38, 195, 222
Cash flow analysis 128
Catskill Mountains 274, 274
Cattle farming 215
Cattle husbandry 43, 289
Causality 151
Censuses 98, 183
Characteristics 27, 47, 58, 60, 150, 284
Child abuse 179
Child care 92, 225
Child day care 195
Child development 137
Child labor 235, 283
Child neglect 179
Child nutrition 137
Children 2, 12, 137, 235, 243
Chillies 252
Cholesterol 23, 192
Christmas trees 131
Clothing 2, 91
Cobb-douglas functions 49
Colorado 47, 73, 271
Commercial farming 128, 145, 166, 177
Commodities 250
Community development 171
Community involvement 242
Community programs 186, 234
Commuting 204, 233
Comparisons 20, 47, 106, 122, 271, 287
Computer applications 28, 80
Computer hardware 154
Computer software 50, 68, 154
Computers 210
Concentration of production 172
Constraints 266
Consumer expenditure 41
Consumer surveys 127
Consumption patterns 123
Cooling 2
Cooperative extension service 76, 86, 210, 213, 219, 286
Cooperatives 10, 214
Cost benefit analysis 155, 218, 266
Cost control 2
Costs 48, 156, 199
Counseling 76
Counties 107
Courts 39
Crop enterprises 31, 73, 165
Crop insurance 50
Crop management 213
Crop production 21, 213
Crop yield 50
Cropping systems 15
Crops 67
Cultural behavior 51
Cultural control 125
Cultural environment 179
Cultural influences 118
Cultural methods 31
Cultural sociology 51
Culture 138
Cutting Hill (Shoreham, Vt.) 52
Dairy cooperatives 152
Dairy cows 152
Dairy farming 3, 38, 52, 54, 70, 111, 152, 260
Dairy farms 53, 55, 56, 263, 264, 274
Dairy herds 55
Dairy industry 56, 152
Dairy statistics 3, 56
Data collection 222
Databases 11, 154
Death 216
Decision making 11, 28, 43, 70, 73, 77, 85, 93, 169, 194,
196, 197, 251, 262
Deficiency payments 50
Demography 21, 27, 59, 70, 101, 107, 127, 150, 180, 243, 254,
291
Depression 90, 231
Depressions 13
Design 142
Developing countries 154
Development aid 24, 164, 256
Development projects 223, 245
Diet 79
Diffusion of information 78
Direct marketing 64, 277
Directories 65
Discriminant analysis 7
Disease control 42
Distance travelled 204
Diversification 15, 50, 89, 131, 134, 161, 227, 230, 233,
251, 256
Diversity 86, 120
Division of labor 290, 293
Divorce 231
Dodge County (Ga.) 17
Drought 69
Earned income 20, 74, 109
Ecology 179, 251
Econometric models 3, 38, 61, 70, 82, 150, 151, 169, 197,
211, 284
Economic analysis 156
Economic aspects 13, 14, 226, 248, 281
Economic conditions 170, 209, 248, 263, 264
Economic depression 46, 99, 139
Economic development 26, 53, 87, 122, 195, 234
Economic growth 114, 180, 256, 271, 272
Economic impact 41, 49, 88, 108, 130, 135, 149, 150, 152,
157, 167, 171, 217, 222, 279
Economic indicators 211
Economic recovery 232, 271
Economic regions 272
Economic resources 41, 93
Economic situation 3, 4, 128, 169, 171, 181
Economic theories 116, 197, 211
Economic viability 55
Economies of scale 166, 260
Ecosystems 15
Education 5, 8, 60, 91, 114, 123, 251, 260
Educational institutions 201
Educational programs 76, 83, 179, 213, 286
Eeconomics 27
Efficiency 166
Employed parents 195
Employed women 109, 178, 188, 196, 204, 275
Employment 26, 101, 113, 220, 287
Employment opportunities 30, 82, 107, 114, 256, 291
Energy conservation 142, 174
Energy consumption 250
Energy cost of production 205
Energy expenditure 23, 192
Energy intake 23, 192
Energy metabolism 23
Entrepreneurship 227, 229, 230
Environmental degradation 180
Environmental protection 134, 266, 279
Equilibrium theory 189
Erosion control 112
Estate planning 160
Estimates 283
Ethics 289
Ethnic groups 51, 77, 289, 292
Ethnicity 77
Ethnobotany 292
Europe 117, 130
European communities 130, 227
Expenditure 97
Expert systems 11
Extension 11, 141, 218, 267
Extension activities 78, 186, 266
Extension agents 75, 78, 219
Factor analysis 55
Factors of production 199
Families 195
Family budgets 90, 101
Family counseling 99
Family crises 76, 99
Family environment 108
Family farming 8, 24, 113, 125, 230, 247, 266, 289
Family farms 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 25, 27, 28, 32, 33, 37, 39,
43, 52, 53, 56, 58, 63, 65, 71, 85-89, 94, 95, 98, 104, 112,
115, 117, 121, 128, 131, 135, 136, 142, 144, 146, 159, 160,
163, 168, 176, 182, 184, 185, 187, 205, 207-209, 211, 217,
221, 225, 228, 229, 236, 242, 244, 245, 249, 259, 261, 262,
268, 269, 273, 274, 280, 281, 288
Family labor 85, 108, 124, 235, 243, 265, 283
Family life 93, 132, 146, 178, 182, 190
Family size 243
Family structure 138
Farm closures 6, 38, 70, 101, 155, 157, 237, 257
Farm comparisons 128, 166, 177
Farm development 163
Farm enterprises 11, 16, 25, 34, 85, 119, 128, 141, 176, 177,
230
Farm entrants 38, 291
Farm equipment 270
Farm familiesĒ 3-7, 12, 20, 21, 23, 25, 34, 37, 38, 41, 45,
46, 54, 59, 68, 74-77, 83, 84, 88, 90-93, 95, 97, 99-101, 111,
116, 118, 123, 124, 132, 137, 140, 143, 147-150, 153, 155,
158, 169, 171, 175, 177-178, 181, 186, 190, 191, 194, 198,
214, 216, 222, 231, 234, 235, 237, 243, 250, 257, 261, 267,
283, 290, 293
Farm foreclosures 187
Farm income 36, 58, 60, 87, 91, 96, 103, 104, 105, 106, 116,
124, 128, 157, 172, 188, 259, 265, 266, 271, 277, 280, 284
Farm indebtedness 39, 44, 50, 56, 88, 101, 128, 153, 157,
171, 231, 246
Farm inputs 49
Farm life 18, 52, 94, 278
Farm management 43, 47, 55, 70, 86, 93, 117, 132, 134, 144,
146, 163, 176, 177, 182, 200, 238, 245, 251, 257, 260, 261
Farm numbers 141, 257
Farm planning 11, 144, 199
Farm risks 105
Farm sector 128, 151, 250, 280
Farm size 47, 55, 56, 60, 82, 98, 107, 128, 150, 250, 251,
260, 280, 284
Farm structure 41, 101, 107, 224
Farm surveys 7, 7, 21, 38, 44, 60, 70, 99, 139, 155, 166,
183, 190, 198, 203, 215, 237, 254, 261, 262, 293
Farm workers 12, 20, 61, 123, 124, 137, 243, 250, 267, 276,
283, 287
Farmers 12, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 44, 49, 61, 77, 79, 81, 84,
103, 105, 113, 117, 126, 158, 163, 164, 167, 170, 192, 222,
238, 239, 248, 255, 286
Farmers' attitudes 7, 60, 82, 99, 100, 155, 203, 215, 218
Farmers' income 3, 6, 38, 86, 97, 215
Farming 60, 120, 122, 224, 292
Farming systems 15, 156, 183
Farming systems research 47
Farmland 58, 106, 141, 172
Farms 98, 172, 250
Farms, Small 19, 32, 65, 72
Farms, small 79
Farms, Small 244, 248, 248
Farms,Small 170
Feasibility 156
Federal government 256
Federal programs 58, 70, 71, 88, 126, 135, 189, 280, 284
Feed requirements 55
Female labor 283, 293
Females 169
Fertilizers 42, 44
Finance 6, 129, 178, 237, 261
Finance, Personal 81
Financial planning 34, 148, 249
Financial yields 171
Fiscal policy 69
Fish farms 22
Fisheries 127
Flavors 22
Fleece 80
Florida 126, 127, 218
Flow charts 11
Food 91
Food industry 64
Food intake 23
Food marketing 64, 165
Food relief 79
Foods 2
Forage crops 199
Forest fires 226
Forest management 226
Fresh products 64
Fruit 64, 165
Fruits 277
Full time farming 21, 82, 183
Gatt 228
Generations 93
Geographical distribution 169
Georgia 51, 150, 164, 166, 200, 214, 257
Gini coefficient 3, 38
Glycine max 213
Goals 7, 132
Goat meat 156
Gossypium 200
Government 24, 92, 172
Government organizations 245
Government policy 248
Grain 28, 116
Great plains states of U.S.A. 272
Gross national product 189
Groundwater 84
Groundwater pollution 236
Growers 21
Growth 137
Guidelines 34
Harvesting 42, 292
Hawaii 62
Health 123, 178
Health care 91
Health care costs 54, 59
Health hazards 12
Health insurance 54, 59
Health services 59
Heating costs 2
Herd size 215
High density lipoprotein 23, 192
Hill land 112
Hispanics 47
History 5, 13, 29, 30, 34, 42, 43, 89, 125, 138, 141, 151,
163, 200, 209, 257, 276, 287, 289, 290
Holstein-friesian 152
Home-based businesses 255
Honey 48, 253
Horticulture 78, 163, 292
Household consumption 2, 46, 116, 257
Household expenditure 91, 95, 96
Household income 38, 68, 75, 95, 96, 116, 124, 139, 157, 197,
198
Household surveys 74, 118, 195, 198
Housing 91
Human resources 70, 93, 114, 150
Ideology 289
Illinois 68, 69, 82, 95, 96, 97, 109, 116, 131, 132, 148
Imports 152
Improvement 213
Income distribution 3, 8, 38, 82, 241
Independent study 286
Indiana 50
Indonesia 152
Industries 209
Industry 271
Informal sector 39
Information centers 35
Information dissemination 35, 83, 282
Information science 154
Information services 28, 65, 218
Infrastructure 224
Input output analysis 26
Integrated pest management 266
Interest rates 39, 151
International cooperation 117
International trade 152, 228
Interviews 143
Investment 106, 156, 242
Investment functions 28
Iowa 76, 90, 112, 139, 142, 158, 197, 217, 225, 230, 233,
235, 256
Irrigated farming 252
Irrigation 42
Irrigation laws 221
Irrigation water 73
Islands 51
Italy 117
Japan 42
Job hunting 239, 239
Juglans nigra 270
Juvenile literature 18
Kansas 233, 236, 270, 271, 289
Kentucky 60, 109, 147, 195, 202, 219, 251
Knowledge 235
Labor 113, 141
Labor allocation 237
Labor contracts 276
Labor costs 42
Labor economics 61
Labor force 262
Labor intensity 250
Labor market 30, 74, 82, 109, 114, 150, 162, 169, 194, 195,
196, 232, 275, 276, 287
Labor mobility 101
Labor productivity 108, 260
Labor requirements 205, 250
Land 5
Land banks 44
Land development 268
Land evaluation 256
Land ownership 29, 44, 58
Land prices 115
Land use 44, 51, 115
Landowners 173
Large farms 246
Law and legislation 14, 269, 269
Leadership 186, 227, 234
Leases 127
Least squares 150, 215
Legal assistance to farmers 32
Legislation 39, 126, 167, 168, 233, 266, 284
Life cycles 70
Life style 7, 233
Lifestyle 77, 257
Limiting factors 164, 284
Linear models 211
Linear programming 73
Literature reviews 3, 15, 43, 224
Livestock enterprises 73
Livestock farming 199
Livestock numbers 55, 152
Living standards 95, 96, 139
Loans 34, 153, 246
Local government 69, 186
Location theory 64
Longitudinal studies 196
Louisiana 5, 42, 109, 172, 204, 293
Low income 173
Low income groups 10, 174
Macroeconomic analysis 151
Maintenance 236
Maize 284
Males 20, 169
Management 57, 63, 85, 132, 159, 206, 258, 273
Marginal analysis 116, 283
Marital interaction 178, 231
Market competition 134, 227
Market prices 33
Market segmentation 287
Marketing 42, 80, 256
Marketing channels 165
Marketing techniques 28, 31
Markets 75
Marriage 169, 196, 197
Maryland 11, 126, 141, 199, 242
Massachusetts 168, 194
Mathematical models 73, 109, 116, 199, 251, 260, 287
Maximum yield 215
Meat industry and trade 285
Meat production 156
Mechanization 250
Medium sized farms 279
Membership 164
Men 23, 46, 74, 138, 192, 204, 293
Mental stress 46, 99, 155, 178, 192, 231
Mexican-Americans 137
Mexico 292
Michigan 56, 163, 175, 177, 178, 276, 287
Microcomputers 11
Middle West 187
Migrant agricultural laborers 66
Migrant labor 123
Migrants 179
Migration 61
Milk consumption 152
Milk processing 152
Milk production 70, 130, 152
Milk products 152
Milk supply 130
Minnesota 4, 59, 77, 99, 106, 153, 233
Mississippi 21, 200
Missouri 94, 94, 94, 119, 140, 233, 271
Mixed farming 73, 163, 200
Models 180, 186, 194, 196, 224, 231
Monetary policy 151
Monetary situation 227
Money management 1, 2, 83, 132
Montana 43, 44, 69
Mortality 147
Motad 199
Motivation 215
Muhlenbergia 292
Multivariate analysis 265
National surveys 8, 24, 54, 211
Nebraska 33, 68, 109, 231, 233, 271
Needs assessment 213
Networking 186
New Deal 13
New Hampshire 89
New Mexico 271
New York 3, 37, 124, 144, 176, 186, 188, 203
New York (State) 274, 274
Non-farm income 3, 26, 38, 43, 50, 58, 74, 82, 96, 106, 107,
124, 150, 151, 198, 220, 223, 227, 232, 246, 254, 260, 271,
287
North Carolina 23, 31, 70, 109, 126, 190, 192, 237, 265
North Central States 40
North central states of U.S.A. 83, 100, 171, 222, 223, 234
North Dakota 26, 27, 68, 69, 77, 81, 91, 101, 191, 233
Nurseries 207
Nursery management 205
Nutrient intake 192
Nutritional adequacy 192
Nutritional state 137, 192
Obesity 23
Objectives 47, 257
Occupational change 61
Occupational hazards 12
Occupations 20, 113
Off-farm employment 6, 7, 20, 25, 30, 38, 44, 58, 60, 61, 68,
69, 74, 82, 83, 92, 103, 107-109, 114, 120, 139, 150, 162,
169, 172, 175, 178, 181, 188, 189, 194-198, 204, 215, 218,
224, 232, 233, 241, 251, 256, 257, 262, 271, 272, 275, 276,
291, 293
Officials and employees 65, 65
Ohio 28, 46, 69, 125, 198, 290
Oklahoma 41, 155, 249, 254, 271
Operators 222
Opinions 158
Opportunity costs 20, 124
Optimization methods 199
Options trading 28
Orchards 163, 270
Organic amendments 174
Organic farming 136, 253, 266
Organizations 164
Ornamental plants 205
Oryza sativa 42
Owner's equity 38
Ownership 98, 207
Ownership conditions 54
Parent child relationships 90
Part time employment 275
Part time farming 21, 48, 82, 103, 120, 133, 164, 183, 203,
204
Participation 58, 70, 74, 88, 109, 169, 196, 197, 280
Patterns 122, 218
Pennsylvania 238, 262, 263, 264
Perception 71, 158
Pest control 42
Pictorial works 278, 278, 288
Pig farming 50
Pig slurry 62
Pilot projects 238
Planning 207
Plant production 252
Play 235
Policy 172
Politics 8, 122
Pollution by agriculture 266
Population change 243
Population density 82
Population dynamics 103
Poverty 122, 275
Prevention 179, 235
Price support 42
Private ownership 56, 127
Pro se representation 32
Probabilistic models 291
Probability analysis 70
Probit analysis 150, 194, 196
Problem solving 266
Production 156
Production controls 284
Production costs 42, 174
Production functions 135, 283, 284
Productivity 49, 166, 283
Products 183
Professional associations 201
Profitability 55, 177, 210
Profits 215
Program development 132, 152, 231
Program evaluation 24, 223
Program participants 126, 245
Programs 86, 141, 219, 220
Psychological factors 155
Public lands 226
Public opinion 8, 24, 71, 211
Public relations 201, 230
Public services 186, 234
Quality of life 60, 100, 111, 158, 261
Ranching 43
Ratios 128
Reclamation of land 221
Record keeping 177
Recruitment 53
Refugees 149
Regional disparities 170
Regional surveys 5, 24, 60, 100, 114, 124, 155, 171, 183,
215, 222, 265
Regionalization 122
Regions 271, 283, 291
Regression analysis 3, 61, 71, 151, 215, 287
Regulations 39, 279
Repayment 39
Requirements 164
Research 282
Research methodology 118, 143
Research projects 108
Resource allocation 166
Resource conservation 134
Resource utilization 16, 49, 123, 211
Resources 164, 167
Retail marketing 89, 234
Retirement 6
Retraining of farmers 83, 101
Returns 106, 156, 199, 200
Risk 23, 192, 276
Risks 50, 199
Role perception 7, 75, 290
Roles 38, 58, 70
Rubus fruticosus 31
Runoff 84
Rural areas 26, 30, 51, 59, 76, 122, 140, 233, 241, 287
Rural communities 10, 41, 69, 82, 101, 107, 118, 143, 150,
153, 158, 172, 180, 224
Rural conditions 13, 17, 81, 170, 187, 278, 288, 288
Rural development 92, 154, 171, 181, 195, 201, 203, 223, 227,
232, 234, 256
Rural economy 41, 69, 82, 87, 107, 146, 150, 181, 220, 223,
224, 227, 231, 232, 256
Rural environment 8
Rural families 81, 102, 110, 240, 263, 263, 264, 264
Rural housing 142
Rural population 146
Rural society 158
Rural sociology 3, 58, 143, 289
Rural tourism 53
Rural unemployment 169
Rural urban relations 64
Rural welfare 38
Rural women 7, 58, 92, 108, 109, 222, 275, 290, 293
Safety 147, 225
Safety at work 12, 216, 235
Sampling techniques 196
Savings 1, 276
Sectoral analysis 152, 195, 272
Securities 106
Services 35
Settlement patterns 123, 233
Sex 192
Sex differences 90, 204, 231, 275
Sharecropping 113
Sheep 80, 210
Sheep management 80
Shoreham 52, 52, 52
Siluroidea 22
Simulation models 50, 189, 249
Site preparation 42
Skilled labor 232
Small businesses 207
Small farms 10, 11, 15, 16, 21, 22, 29, 31, 35, 42, 55, 57,
58, 62, 64, 78, 80, 119, 127, 129, 130, 133, 134, 141, 145,
152, 154, 156, 157, 161, 164, 165, 166, 173, 180, 199, 200,
201, 202, 206, 210, 213, 218, 219, 238, 245, 246, 247, 252,
253, 258, 265, 270, 277, 279, 282, 284
Social anthropology 118, 143
Social behavior 251
Social change 51, 140
Social classes 184, 209, 257
Social conditions 263, 264
Social impact 250
Social life and customs 110, 278
Social policy 92, 179, 195
Social service 66
Social structure 257
Social values 9
Social welfare 134
Socialism 184
Society 9
Socioeconomic status 21, 137, 184
Sociological analysis 162
Soil conservation 24, 112, 173
Soil fertility 82, 253
Soil management 112
Solar heating 142
Somatotropin 130
Sources 254
South Carolina 51, 213
South central states of U.S.A. 30
South Dakota 98, 146, 182, 233, 261
South eastern states of U.S.A. 30
Southeastern states of U.S.A. 127, 156, 213
Southern states of U.S.A. 201
Sowing 42
Soybeans 284
Specialized farming 251
Sporobolus 292
State government 168, 220, 256, 266
State governments 65
Statistical data 122
Statistics 42, 104
Stokes County (N.C.) 110
Stress 90, 93, 179, 267
Stress factors 146
Stress management 76, 140, 178
Stress response 140, 178
Structural change 41, 82, 107, 122, 141, 143, 145, 167, 172,
211, 224
Subsidies 71, 221, 228
Subsistence farming 174
Suburban areas 136
Supplementary employment 105
Supply balance 41, 169
Supply functions 262
Support measures 8
Support systems 76, 86, 90, 101, 186, 195, 267, 286
Surveys 9, 27, 71, 111, 143, 158, 164, 213, 235
Survival 237
Sustainability 15, 36, 117, 146, 154
Sustainable agriculture 19, 240
Systems approach 85
Tanks 22
Taxation 269
Teaching methods 286
Technical aid 34, 227
Technical training 230
Technology 210
Tennessee 25, 64, 75, 86
Tenure systems 98, 141, 251
Terminologies 176
Texas 55, 126, 215
Tillage 112
Time allocation 196, 197
Time series 61, 151
To 1865 209
Tobacco 265
Tobacco farmers 110
Tobacco smoking 192
Trade liberalization 189, 284
Traditional farming 138
Training 245
Transfer 207
Transplanting 42
Transport 2, 91
Trauma 235
Treadway family 52
Trends 89, 151, 232, 233, 243, 275, 280
Turkeys 161
Types 183
U.S.A. 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 29, 36, 48, 49, 61, 64, 71,
74, 78, 84, 87, 88, 92, 93, 103, 104, 107, 108, 114, 117, 118,
120, 122, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 143, 145, 151, 152, 154,
160, 162, 165, 167, 169, 173, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 189,
195, 201, 205, 207, 210, 211, 224, 227, 232, 241, 243, 246,
247, 250, 256, 266, 271, 272, 275, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284,
291 UK 154
Underemployment 275
Unemployment 114, 232, 275, 276
United States 13, 14, 18, 65, 105, 170, 209, 248, 269, 281
Universities 245
University research 126
Unskilled labor 276
Urban areas 133, 287
Urbanization 74
Usda 49, 104, 279, 282
Utah 54, 111, 260
Value added 227, 277
Value theory 283
Values 77
Variation 250
Vegetables 21, 64, 165, 253
Venison 285
Vermont 52, 278
Vertical integration 172
Videotapes 132, 286
Virginia 70, 109, 113, 136, 220, 245
Wage rates 114, 196, 241, 275
Wages 169, 276, 287
Waste water treatment 62
Water availability 73
Water quality 84
Waucoma (Iowa) 288
Weed control 125
Weeds 125
Welfare economics 38
Wells 236
Wheat 284
Wheat trade 187
Wild plants 292
Wildlife 158
Wisconsin 6, 7, 34, 38, 68, 69, 77, 157, 196
Woman's status 191
Women 23, 46, 74, 75, 79, 138, 192
Women in agriculture 110
Wool 80
Work organization 200
Work satisfaction 60
Workers 113
Working hours 275
Workshops (programs) 85
World markets 227
Wyoming 271
Yarn dyeing 80
Yarns 80
Yield correlations 199
Yield factors 50
Yield targets 199
Yields 174
Zea mays 200