SOC 2080 Lecture : slides and talking
9 Feb 2012
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Chapter 6 - consolidation of the agro food complex. > pre 1950"s: solid farming communities and strong farm organizations. >post 1950"s : fragmentation of farming, increasing stress on communites => formation of the agro food complex. Loss of small/ medium farm owners (they were the mainstay of farming) Tractorization of agriculture - eliminates physical limits on amt. of land that could be farmed using animals => increases in cost of land , machinery beyond farmers control. 1st technological revolution - adoption of animal drawn farm equipment ( mainly produced in. 2nd adoption of mechanical power mostly steam, turn of the centruy. Price of labour increased b/c men at war , become economical to buy tractors, dont need horses, 8mil. disappeared. Cost - price squeeze takes hold - costs of inputs rising faster than prices farmers receiving for their products [see p. 63-94]
