The Myth of Large-Farm Superiority 1596. Policymakers who currently promote large, mechanized farms in Poland to the detriment of smaller farms should reevaluate these policies.
Smaller farms are more labor-intensive than large farms, and no less efficient.
In Poland, present policies are aimed at promoting large, mechanized farms over smaller family farms. These policies are based on the perception that large farms offer real economies of scale. But international evidence indicates that such large, mechanized farms are generally less efficient and use less labor than small family farms. So, van Zyl, Miller, and Parker analyzed the relationship between farm size and efficiency in Polish agriculture. They used two different methods to do so.