Title:

US agriculture revealed by the Agricultural Census of 2012

Creator:

Drygas, Mirosław

Publisher:

Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2014

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Census of Agriculture 2012 ; concentration of farms ; loss of agricultural land ; ageing of farmers ; pluriactivity ; capital intensity ; direct sales ; net gains

Abstract:

The article presents the main results of the Census of Agriculture conducted in the US in 2012. On this basis and in relation to the three previous censuses were presented the main directions of structural changes in agriculture. It was observed continuation of the process of concentration of farms in parallel with a significant loss of agricultural land. It was found the aging of farmers and strong a phenomenon of pluriactivity. It was showed an increase of capital intensity of agricultural production in terms of unfavorable changes in the indexes of prices paid and received by farmers. At the same time it was found reduced role of the political annuity and increased the economic annuity in shaping income in agriculture in the United States. It has been shown that less than half of the farms gained a net profit.

References:

Amerykański Farm Bill i WPR Unii Europejskiej po 2013 roku, M. Drygas (red.), 2009: IRWiR PAN, Warszawa.
Census of Agriculture, United States, Summary and State Data, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, Part 51, USDA – NASS, May 2014.
Gospodarstwa rolne w Polsce na tle gospodarstw Unii Europejskiej – wpływ WPR, praca zbiorowa pod kierownictwem W. Poczty. 2013, GUS, Warszawa.
Rolnictwo w 2012 roku, 2013, GUS, Warszawa.
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2012, U.S. Census Bureau.

Relation:

Wieś i Rolnictwo

Issue:

4 (165)

Start page:

99

End page:

113

Resource type:

Text

Resource Identifier:

doi:10.53098/wir.2014.4.165/06 ; 0137-1673 (print); 2657-5213 (on-line)

Source:

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Language:

pl

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license

Terms of use:

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Digitizing institution:

Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Rural and Agriculture Development of the PAS

Projects co-financed by:

"Development of scientific journals" program - Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project number RCN/SP/0473/2021/1)

Access:

Open