On the effectiveness of state anti-corporate farming laws in the United States

Rick Welsh; Chantal Line Carpentier; Bryan Hubbell

doi:10.1016/S0306-9192(01)00020-3

On the effectiveness of state anti-corporate farming laws in the United States

Rick Welsh, Chantal Line Carpentier, Bryan Hubbell

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Abstract

Structural changes in US agriculture toward a more corporate-oriented and vertically aligned system have focused attention on the relative efficacy of the anti-corporate farming laws of nine Midwestern states. Using state-level data from a survey of agricultural lawyers and the U.S. Census of Agriculture, we find that the restrictiveness of the laws vary among states, and the relative restrictiveness of the laws have changed over time. Also, strengthening a law tends to limit acreage under non-family corporate ownership arrangements.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	543-548
Number of pages	6
Journal	Food Policy
Volume	26
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-9192(01)00020-3
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Corporate farms
State agriculture policy
Vertical coordination and integration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Food Science
Development
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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