Trends in Concentration in British Agriculture

Multiple succession and land division on family farms in the South East of England: A counterbalance to agricultural concentration?

“…However, there are two factors that suggest this may not be the case. First, in the literature, it is noted that in general there is a close relationship between farm area and farm business size (Britton and Ingersent, 1964) and, consequently, farm size is often used as a proxy for business size (e.g. Ilbery and Bowler, 1993;Bateman and Ray, 1994).…”