Economic
Information
Bulletin
Number 42
December 2008
United States
Department
of Agriculture
Economic
Research
Service
Robert A. Hoppe, Penni Korb,
and David E. Banker
Million-Dollar Farms
in the New Century
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Hoppe, Robert A.
Million-dollar farms in the new century.
(Economic information bulletin; no. 42)
1. Farms, Size of—United States.
2. Farmers—United States—Economic conditions—21st century.
3. Family farms—United States.
I. Korb, Penni.
II. Banker, David E.
III. United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
IV. Title.
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Hoppe, Robert A., P. Korb, and D. Banker. Million-Dollar Farms in the New Century,
Economic Information Bulletin No. 42, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Economic Research Service, December 2008.
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of Agriculture
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