Minimum wage legislation which results in higher avcrage wage rates for farm laborers would affect the assct stmcture and income flows of farm operators. A simulation model of financial struchlre of thc farm sector is uscd to show that highcr wage rates would result in inereased nonreal estate...

As farms become larger and more specialized, questions of the relationships between costs and income as affected by size become more important. This report on cost-size relations on irrigated cotton farms in the San Joaquin Valley, Calif., shows that the smaller farms, within the range of size...

The role of the agricultural sector in economic growth has recently come under study. Numerous articles have appeared on the theoretical aspects (capital formation, increased productivity, etc.) of agriculture's contribution as well as on the numerical magnitude of changes that have taken place....

ERS provides economic information on the near-term agricultural outlook and on longrun projections. Here is an overview of efforts to improve such information through comprehensive quantitative models. The various models incorporate intercommodity relationships within agriculture, aggregate farm...