Part-time farming in Maryland and the Northeast with full-time off-farm employment of one or more of the farm operators is competitive incomewise with many types and sizes of commercial farms. Individuals, families, and society in general will benefit in the future from the encouragement of...

Despite massive off-farm migration and relatively prosperous agricultural years, estimates of returns to factors of production indicate that labor earnings in agriculture remain low. This is primarily caused by farm factor market characteristics and the resulting tendency of any increase in farm...