On 2010-10-15, at 8:55 AM, Alan Rudy wrote:
> There remain, even today, large numbers of fairly small farms
> where agricultural production is continued for reasons of identity more than
> profitability - at least in significant part because its not profitable...
> the majority of farm income is earned off the farm.
Some interesting info here:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/September10/Features/USFarm.htm