> I really suspect that the whole conclusion (that small farms are more productive than big farms) is completely wrong. Sounds like the usual "big corporate th

> I really suspect that the whole conclusion (that small farms are more productive than big farms) is completely wrong. Sounds like the usual "big corporate things are bad and small family things are good" dig. Surely there is a better way to measure agricultural productivity than dollars per acre of output. Maybe use calories per acre, or, like you pointed out, find a small farm that raises corn and compare it to a large farm that raises corn and see what differences there are. If large farming operations were so much less efficient than small farms, then how come the Green Revolution nearly tripled our food output right as large farms became the norm?