Question

Which of the following best explains the overall trend in the changing size of farms in the United States in the last century?

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Responses

Farms have remained the same size overall but have mostly switched from family ownership to ownership by agribusiness companies.
Farms have remained the same size overall but have mostly switched from family ownership to ownership by agribusiness companies.

Larger farms can more easily fund purchases of machinery and get a better return on such investment via yield and labor savings.
Larger farms can more easily fund purchases of machinery and get a better return on such investment via yield and labor savings.

Urbanization and the aging of farmers have reduced rural populations, allowing businesses to purchase and consolidate large farms.
Urbanization and the aging of farmers have reduced rural populations, allowing businesses to purchase and consolidate large farms.

Smaller farms can more easily take advantage of organic farming methods to meet the increasing demand for organic foods.
Smaller farms can more easily take advantage of organic farming methods to meet the increasing demand for organic foods.

Urban sprawl isolates small family farms and impedes commercial consolidation, restricting farms to smaller sizes.

Answer 1

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Urbanization and the aging of farmers have reduced rural populations, allowing businesses to purchase and consolidate large farms.