Role Of Corporate
Farms Small In U.S.
The t-ct that corporations con
ti ol onl;. a small segment ofU S
agnculTire was further substan
tiated today in the release of
the second half of a U S De
paitment ol Agriculture study
on coiporate farming Principal
findihss in the latest report,
coveunc 25 States , coincide
veiy closely with those in a 22-
State s ady issued last year A fi
nal repoit will toe issued later
including the results fiom Alas
ka and Hawaii and fiom a spec
ial suicey toeing conducted in
California
The current survey by USDA’s
Economic Research Service re
poits 4 850 corporation-designat
ed faims operating 13 million
acres in the Northeast, Applach
ia. Southeast, Delta, and South
ern Plains
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These coiporate enterprises
icpresent less than 1 peicent of
the commercial farms, work less
than 5 percent of the land, and
take a 6 percent share of gross
faim pioduct sales Findings are
neaily identical with those in
the study of Corn Belt, Lake,
Mountain, and Pacific Noith
west States, wheie corporations
were responsible for less than 1
percent of commercial units, less
than 7 percent of the acreage,
and sold about 4 percent of the
agricultural commodities
Nearly two-thuds of the coi
porate farms in today’s release
were family-owned, 15 percent
individually held, and 21 percent
run by other types of corpora
tions The first study found 71
percent controlled by families
Today’s report indicates live-
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slock was favoied over crops by
coiporate faims. especially in the
Southern Plains and Northeast
Cattle feeding was frequently
noted and opeiations, while icl
atively small except in Texas,
tended to be l.irgei than typical
faimer-feeder units nationally
Coiporations opeiated large-scale
poultry faims in most surveyed
States but concentrated m the
Appalachian and Southeast re
g.ons Of the ciop land held by
coiporations in the Delta States,
30 percent was in soybeans, cot
ton. and sugaicane Coiporations
h indled large sugaicane acre
ages in Florida and Louisiana
Agucultural production was
the most important business ac
tivity for moie than two-thirds
of the corporate farms in the 25
States And, while the remaining
coiporations had other interests,
most such ventures were tied to
agriculture manufactui e and
sale of feed and fertilizer and
other agribusiness activities.
The 25-State study shows about
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4-H NEWS
The Elm and Penryn 4-H club
held their meeting 'May 5 at the
Penryn Fire Hall. There were
approximately 30 membeis pres
ent
Each memhei gave a report
on the pi ogi ess of their projects.
The month of May was talent
night
Doyle Heisey and Cathy Schell
played the piano and Cathy Mil
ler played the Violin.
The next meeting will be held
June 2