Small farms have to focus on appropriate technology. He argued that to be successful farmers needed to adopt the technologies that were appropriate for their mix of resources. The idea still holds true today in spite of the intervening technological innovations. Small farms should try to capitalize on their unique attributes. Every farm, large or small, has a unique set of resources.
Small farms have the ability to be more flexible than large farms.
I feel that this flexibility will offer a significant advantage in the future. Consumers are becoming more demanding with respect to quality and other non-price attributes. The new identity-preserved crops offer some alternatives where it could be easier for smaller farmers to capture the added value to maintaining segregated products. There are several examples of specific technologies or farming options available to small farms. One example is hoop houses for swine.