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Still a family farm, despite the size. Here's a fascinating statistic that most don't realize: According to the EPA, 87% of all farms are individually or family-owned and operated. Corporate farms make up 4% of those farms, and only 1% of such corporate farms are solely owned and operated by other-cooperative, estates, trusts, etc.
Another source (from the book Compassion by the Pound) states that the number of farms that are corporations themselves are family-owned and operated. Many, if not all such farms started small as the quaint, romantic-type farm many think of today into such large corporations.
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What effect did growth of businesses in the 1950 have on farming?
Answer this question… Farming became big business, and family farms found it difficult to compete with growing corporate farms.
What is the difference between corporate farming and family farming?
There is no difference, actually. Many, if not most corporate farms are owned by families, and are still considered a family farm. The term "family farm" should never always equate to a "small farm," nor should the term "corporate farm" should ever equate to a large-scale operation owned by a multi-national company or corporation. Many family farms are very large (often being the largest farming enterprises in the country), and many corporate farms have been formed by families who wished to take advantage of the legal and accounting benefits that comes with operating such a business enterprise.
How are mixed crop farming and corporate farming different?
Mixed-crop farming is just a type of farming practice to enhance soil quality. Corporate farming is a business label attached to a farming operation as a whole, no matter if it's to the name of a farming operation owned by a family, (which makes up 98% of all such enterprises), or by a group of shareholders. It should come to no surprise that such farming operations practice mixed-crop farming just as often as those farms not labelled as corporations.
What contributed to rural property?
Corporate farming.
What is corporate farming?
Corporate farming is a term that describes the business of agriculture, specifically, what is seen by some as the practices of would-be megacorporation involved in food production on a very large scale.
When did corporate farming start?
Corporate farming started from small farmers growing ever larger. It's likely that such farms became labeled as such by the time the 1950s rolled around.
What is the difference between local and corporate farming?
No difference. Corporate farming is merely a business label applied to name a farm or ranch in order for a family (or a group of people) to take advantage of the accounting and legal benefits that comes with such a label. Corporate farms can be very local, it just depends on where you are located in proximity to such farms. Any farm of any size or business-type can be deemed "local" if you live within 50 miles of it.
What types of Agriculture are practiced in Canada?
All the types that are practiced in the United States: livestock farming, crop farming, tree farming, fruit and vegetable farming, mixed farming, commercial farming, sustainable farming, hobby farming, corporate farming, ranching, the list goes on.
What sociologist studies the effect of corporate farming on communities?
rural sociology :) A+
Agricultural farming practices is typical of large corporate farms?
Monoculture
How has technology farming?
Technology has affected farming by making it possible for fewer people to grow more crops per acre, at lower cost than would otherwise be the case. Technology has also contributed to the decline of the family farm and the rise of large corporate farms that are more like farming factories.
How has technology affected farming?
Technology has affected farming by making it possible for fewer people to grow more crops per acre, at lower cost than would otherwise be the case. Technology has also contributed to the decline of the family farm and the rise of large corporate farms that are more like farming factories.
