Hoppe, Robert A.; MacDonald, James M.; Korb, Penelope J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010
remaining small farms—small commercial farms—account for most small-farm production. Overall farm production, however, continues … to shift to larger operations, while the number of small commercial farms and their share of sales maintain a long …-term decline. The shift to larger farms will continue to be gradual, because some small commercial farms are profitable and others …