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The United States of America Agriculture

Ivan Štefanić
Edita Štefanić

Abstract

Description and explanation of dynamic changes within the United States of America agriculture
make the scheme of this article. The authors analyse the structure and the dynamics
of changes in American agriculture over the last thirty years. During that period the
number of farms was reduced by great rate but their individual size enlarged (the average
largeness of nowadays farm is over 200 ha). Despite the improved economic and technological
conditions, the income from agriculture makes smaller and smaller part of the farmers’
families earnings while the wages from other occupations out of farms are prevailing.
The structure of consumption and the nourishment habits have also notably changed. The
consumption of certain sorts of meat is going down, while that of vegetables, fruits, poultry
and fish is increasing. Today only 2% of active population is occupied with agriculture
and approximately one fifth of American population lives in rural areas.

Keywords

changes in agriculture; structure of agriculture; stimulation and management in agriculture; the USA

Hrčak ID:

119958

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/119958

Publication date:

11.12.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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