Improving Data Collection and Measurement of Complex Farms by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Behavioral and Social Sciences: Surveys and Statistics, Agriculture: Policy, Reviews and Evaluations
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Published: 2019-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Counting and Measuring Farms and Fields for a Complex Farm Business

The definition of a farm as an establishment means that there are businesses that may be involved in two or more farms. (The logic of this is elaborated on in Chapter 5, where it is also clarified why in statistical terms businesses are equated with firms.) Even defined in this comparatively granular way, a single farm may engage in several different activities, such as growing different crops or raising different types of animals or doing both. A cropping farm will have different fields that are not necessarily adjacent to each other, and so, as noted above, the “place” that defines a farm need not be contiguous. Likewise, an operation that raises livestock or fish does not necessarily have all of its barns, ponds, and so forth on the same site. A farm may engage in relatively minor activities in other industries, such as providing support services to agriculture or being involved in retail. Farmers sometimes use the terminology “different enterprises,” if they produce more than one type of crop or livestock within the farming operation; for example, corn, soybeans, and a herd of beef cows or calves could each be classified as a separate enterprise.17

Another issue is that a farm, as defined above, is an economic concept. That is, a farm might be organized as a complex legal structure for reasons of tax, inheritance, or otherwise. For instance, a father and son might run a farm wherein the former owns most of the land while both own the machinery together. Or some of the land might be part of a family trust. In any case, the use of these different legal entities does not necessarily change the status of a farm from a single farm to more than one farm.

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