history: I decided not to go to college in order to help on the family farm, I think it was a good choice.
knowledge: A family farm is generally understood to be a farm owned and/or operated by a family; it is sometimes considered to be an estate passed down by inheritance.
response: I see, is the place pass down thanks to inheritance?
history: I decided not to go to college in order to help on the family farm, I think it was a good choice.
I see, is the place pass down thanks to inheritance?
Yeah, I've seen it work and have participated a lot. I bet not a majority of farms in the world are family farms anymore right?
knowledge: At least 500 million of the world's [estimated] 570 million farms are managed by families, making family farms predominant in global agriculture.
response: Actually, there are an estimated 570 million farms and at minimum 500 million of them are handled by families.
history: I decided not to go to college in order to help on the family farm, I think it was a good choice.
I see, is the place pass down thanks to inheritance?
Yeah, I've seen it work and have participated a lot. I bet not a majority of farms in the world are family farms anymore right?
Actually, there are an estimated 570 million farms and at minimum 500 million of them are handled by families.
That's interesting. I know that there is a lot of family farms but there must be some big industrial farms as well, more like companies than family businesses.
knowledge: The definition and effects of corporate farming on agriculture are widely debated, though most sources that describe large businesses in agriculture as ''corporate farms'' portray their role in a negative light.
response: There are corporate farms however they are portrayed in a negative light, it's been debated a lot.
history: I decided not to go to college in order to help on the family farm, I think it was a good choice.
I see, is the place pass down thanks to inheritance?
Yeah, I've seen it work and have participated a lot. I bet not a majority of farms in the world are family farms anymore right?
Actually, there are an estimated 570 million farms and at minimum 500 million of them are handled by families.
That's interesting. I know that there is a lot of family farms but there must be some big industrial farms as well, more like companies than family businesses.
There are corporate farms however they are portrayed in a negative light, it's been debated a lot.
I think they have advantages and disadvantages but I do know the way they operate can be controversial.
knowledge: In less than ten years, livestock inventories declined by half, pulling down demand for feed grains, and the area planted to grains dropped by 25%.
response: I see, side note but have you heard of how livestock inventories fell in half, taking feed grain demands with it?