The families were asked to specify their future plans regarding equipment, livestock, and land. In general, the answers agree with hypotheses and trends documented elsewhere. More conventional families have plans to purchase equipment than their sustainable counterparts.
More sustainable families have plans to add livestock than do conventional families.
Both sets of families plan to increase their farm sizes, but the conventional families will probably be expanding much faster by renting more land. More detailed information can be found in the paragraphs that follow. Equipment Purchases . Farms upgrade their equipment on a regular basis. Sustainable farm families, however, are believed to have a longer replacement cycle.