Restructuring America's dairy farms

Geographical Review

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-23

  Cross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural change; Amish; Dairy farms; Megadairies; United States

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; DAIRY FARMING; FARM SIZE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750388918     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2006.tb00385.x     Document Type: Article

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