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Leuthold, Frank O.; Smith, George F. – 1972
Data on the characteristics of 400 Wisconsin dairy farmers by adopter category innovator-early adopter and early majority; early majority and late majority; and late majority and laggard) are compared with the characteristics of 200 Ohio farmers studied in 1961. The data on the Wisconsin dairy farmers were obtained/by personal interview in a 1962…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Farm Management, Farmers
Richardson, John G.; McAlister, Maurice – 1994
Two approaches to providing information about beef cattle preconditioning to randomly selected farmers were compared in a study involving 12 small and part-time farmers in Madison County, North Carolina. Half the farmers received the information from an extension agent via face-to-face consultations, telephone conversations, and an educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Comparative Analysis
Albrecht, Don E. – 1983
This report demonstrates the complexity and diversity of agricultural structures in the United States and discusses changes produced in the family farm by agricultural industrialization. Data from the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the 1978 Census of Agriculture describe similarities and differences in social…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Community Change