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Land Tenure and Small Farmers

USDA Economic Research Service’s “U.S. Farmland Ownership, Tenure, and Transfer.” Daniel Bigelow, Allison Borchers, and Todd Hubbs, 2016. This report analyzes current patterns in land ownership based on a 2014 survey of US farmland owners and operators. https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/74672/60298_eib161.pdf?v=42607

The Land Stewardship Project’s “Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program: Progress Report on 2015 Awards.” 2016. This report examines how recipients of funding from the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program have used their grants and what impact their efforts have had on farmers. http://landstewardshipproject.org/repository/1/1860/lsp_2015_bfrdp_progress_report.pdf

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