Age-Specific Patterns of Exit and Entry in U.S. Farming, 1978-1997

Abstract

Gross entry-exit rates by operator age group suggest there is still an underlying trend toward declining numbers of commercial farms, aging of the farm operator population, and an increasing share of farms operated part-time. The number of entries by young farmers declined steadily from 1978 to 1997, as did the exit rate for older operators. Between 1992 and 1997, the entry rate rebounded for farmers over age 35 and those principally employed off-farm. A sharp decline in the exit rate for midcareer farmers also helped stabilize the decline in farm numbers.

Perception of Farm Succession Planning by Poultry Farmers in Southwest, Nigeria

“…Nevertheless, Becker, et al (2009) posited that succession planning is crucial for the successful future farm transfer within the farming population. The assessment of farm succession plans becomes absolutely important for the sustainability of farm assets (Gale, 2003) because failure to do so (i e failure to plan for succession) may lead to total degeneration or close -down of the farm, family conflicts, breakdown in family relations, loss of existing rights to assets as a result of injustice in inheritance decisions meted out as a result of gender bias, moral and other biases. This issue therefore needs to be seen as a means of influencing poultry farmers' behaviors on how they should prepare for 'this inevitable end' of becoming aged and handing over to competent hands or members of their family for continuity.…”

The dynamics of dairy land use change with respect to the milk quota regime

“…Existing research on the influence of milk quotas includes the impact on changes in farm size (Breustedt and Glauben, 2007;Huettel and Jongeneel, 2011;Zimmermann and Heckelei, 2012), production (Ooms and Peerlings, 2005;Breustedt and Glauben, 2007;Huettel and Jongeneel, 2011), farm characteristics (Gale, 2003;Ooms and Peerlings, 2005;Huettel and Jongeneel, 2011), market conditions, land mobility (Harrington, 1995) or a combination of them (Zimmermann and Heckelei, 2012). However, all these studies focus on the impact of milk quotas, but not on the time at which they occur.…”

Improving the effectiveness of rural development policy in Chile

“…However, when variable region was removed from the model, the presence of a successor showed a slightly negative effect, which is not in agreement with previous studies Gale 2003;Glauben et al 2006). This effect could be explained by the fact that the owner assumes that there is a successor for taking over the farm (56% of the answers); nevertheless the farmer is not preparing to exit and pass on the farm to his/her successor (72% of them said did not want to retire from farming).…”

“…Farming has been recognized as providing the possibility of being self-employed and having more family members work (FAMLAB) on the farm (Chang et al 2011). It also has been recognized as an activity that allows, and influences, a farmer to pass the business down to the next generation (SUCCESSOR) and keep the farm in the family Lobley et al 2002;Gale 2003;Glauben et al 2006;. We expected these three variables to have a positive association with the decision to stay.…”