Determinants of Farm Household Income Diversification in the United States: Evidence from Farm-Level Data | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2010
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AGRIS:US2016219781

This study examines the determinants of income diversification of farm households in the United States. Farm households allocate their time between farm and off-farm activities to help stabilized household income (consumption). What characterizes those households who engage in off-farm activities? Is there any pattern over time? Using 1999, 2003 and 2007 farm-level data from the USDA’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), this study estimates intensity of off-farm income (or income diversification). The results show that older operators, full owners, and small farms have higher intensity of off-farm income in total household income. In contrast, dairy farms, vertically coordinated farms and farms located in the Southern and Pacific regions have lower intensity of off-farm income. In other words, household incomes of these farms are less likely to be diversified.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Mishra, Ashok K.
Erickson, Kenneth W.
Harris, James Michael
Hallahan, Charles B.
Uematsu, Hiroki

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