An analysis of U.S. aggregate output response by farm size

Abstract

Past empirical evidence on supply response by size of farm in the U.S.A. provides no clear basis to conclude that supply elasticities vary systematically with farm size. In this paper, the central hypothesis that no systematic relationship exists between production response to price and size of farm is rejected. U.S. farms are disaggregated into nine economic size categories and own‐price supply elasticities are measured for per farm and total agricultural output. Empirical results from this study suggest that supply response does vary systematically by farm size, with smaller farms exhibiting greater elasticities than midsized farms.

Comparing Technical and Allocative Efficiency between Family Farms and Agricultural Corporations: Evidence From Japan’s Rice Sector

“…It is well-known that land size plays a crucial role in assessing and explaining the performance of family farms (Chayanov, 1991;Hall and LeVeen, 1978;Helfand and Levine, 2004;Henneberry et al, 1991;Khataza et al, 2019;Mottaleb and Mohanty, 2015;Weersink and Tauer, 1991;4 The database of Management Statistics by Farming Type does not cover the relative data for calculating the input prices for single rice farming family farms. Hence, we use the database of Agricultural Production Costs, which also belongs to the Statistical Survey on Farm Management and Economy (Statistics code: 00500201), to calculate the input prices for single rice farming family farms.…”