Are farm size distributions bimodal? Evidence from kernel density estimates of dairy farm size distributions

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-88

  Wolf, Christopher A ^a   Sumner, Daniel A ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimodal distribution; Dairy; Farm size; Kernel density

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; DENSITY; FARM SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035055123     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00138     Document Type: Article

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