Myth of the family farm agribusiness dominance of u.s. agriculture. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ingolf Vogeler.
• Authors: Vogeler, Ingolf
• Contents: Also of Interest -- Introduction: The Myth of the Family Farm -- The Myth of the Family Farm -- What Is a Family Farm? Farm Definitions and Classifications -- Consequences of Federal Land and Water Policies: The Dominance of Agribusiness -- U.S. Land-Granting Policies -- Federal Water Legislation and Practices -- This Land Is Not Our Land: Who Owns Rural America? -- The Market Economy and Agribusiness -- The Myth of Large-Scale Efficiency -- The Business of Agribusiness -- Federal Subsidies to Agribusiness -- Tax-Loss Farming -- Federal Farm Programs -- The Land-Grant College System -- Rural Consequences of Agribusiness -- The Plight of Seasonal Farm Families -- The Decline of Agriculturally Dependent Small Towns -- Conclusion: Agrarian Democracy or Agrarian Capitalism? -- Farmers Challenge Agribusiness -- Where Have All the Family Farmers Gone? A Structural Analysis of U.S. Agriculture -- Appendix: Organizations Working for Progressive Rural Change
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.1/6; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States; Agriculture and state -- United States; Family farms -- United States; Agricultural industries -- United States; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General; Agricultural industries; Agriculture and state; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Family farms; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0429312946; 9780429312946; 1000231828; 9781000231823; 9781000303704; 1000303705; 9781000267761; 1000267768
• Related ISBNs: 0367294192; 9780367294199
• Notes: Note: Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed July 06, 2020).
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