The 20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture and Farm Policy (USDA ERS)

What this document is

This is Economic Information Bulletin Number 3, an electronic report from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, written by Carolyn Dimitri, Anne Effland and Neilson Conklin and dated June 2005.

It examines how the structure of farms, farm households and rural communities evolved over the last century, drawing on historical data covering the value of agricultural production, commodity specialisation, farming-dependent counties and off-farm work. The bulletin frames these shifts around long-term forces such as productivity growth, the increasing importance of national and global markets, and the rising influence of consumers on agricultural production.

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