A generally accepted theory of firm behavior is incorporated into an abstract computerized simulation model capable of handling many different environments and organizations. This model provides a means of studying management problems using the simulation approach by providing, in most...

Four strategies for farm growth are analyzed and compared on the basis of ownership, equity, and productive capacity achieved, and on the basis of resistance to adversity. The primary tool of analysis was a model utilizing a stochastic simulator interfaced with both ex ante and ex post linear...

The extent to which the tenure status of farm operators affects agricultural e ffciency has interested economists for decades. Different theories dealing with the subject have evolved; but only a few empirical studies have been made to test their validity. This deficiency in agricultural economics...

Size-of-farm data for 1964 were fitted to the function In Y =In a�bX Results showed that the percentage distribution of farms by size classes tends to follow the distribution of an inverse exponential function. Furthermore, empirical size distributions seem to have an underlying stability...

Technology creates changes in agriculture that all segments of the agricultural community need to consider to anticipate the resulting impacts. Objectives of the research were to project the size and number of farming operations in eastern Washington and to examine the implications for farm size...

Farm electrification has become a major economic development in American agriculture. Studies of the uses that farmers are making of electric power have been completed or are in progress in nine areas from Georgia to Washington State. Preliminary comparisons of the findings in different areas...

Cover; In This Issue written by Clark Edwards; Contents

Cover; In This Issue written by Gerald Schluter; Contents

The costs of obtaining a given level of accuracy in estimating yields of tree fruit might be lowered by the use of photographs or supplemental information on fruiting potential. A small-scale experiment of this sort is described for peaches and apples. A procedure for evaluating the relative...