<p>I don't have many books to share but there is the website on Farm economy data from the USDA.</p>

<p>Farm Labor
USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)</p>

<p><a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-labor/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-labor/</a></p>

<p>There is also the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (feel free to explore their site)</p>

<p><a href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_and_Statistics/index.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_and_Statistics/index.php</a></p>

<p>here are some articles</p>

<p><a href="https://arefiles.ucdavis.edu/uploads/filer_public/ad/74/ad7450e7-80ab-4cf7-a147-6b80c2e614a7/chapter_1_the_farm_labor_problem_4-4-17.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arefiles.ucdavis.edu/uploads/filer_public/ad/74/ad7450e7-80ab-4cf7-a147-6b80c2e614a7/chapter_1_the_farm_labor_problem_4-4-17.pdf</a>
The Farm Labor Problem
J. Edward Taylor &amp; Diane Charlton
Agricultural &amp; Resource Economics
University of California, Davis</p>

<p><a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/agriculture-occupational-employment-and-wages.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/agriculture-occupational-employment-and-wages.htm</a>
Agriculture: occupational employment and wages</p>

<p>Labour Market Effects of Large-Scale Agricultural Investment: Conceptual Considerations and Estimated Employment Effects
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X17301754" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X17301754</a></p>

<p>Few books on the subject:</p>

<p>freebook-
The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets - 2nd Edition
<a href="https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-economics-of-food-and-agricultural-markets" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-economics-of-food-and-agricultural-markets</a></p>

<p>Agricultural Economics (3rd Edition) 3rd Edition
by H. Evan Drummond Ph.D. (Author), John W. Goodwin (Author)</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
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<p>Are there any resources available that provide typical books or accounts for the farming or indeed other industries?</p>

<p>Something that would list, employee numbers, wage bills, expenditure income (sales vs subsidies) and so on in terms understandable to a layman?</p>

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Typical Farming Economics Resource
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# Typical Farming Economics Resource

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-05)

Are there any resources available that provide typical books or accounts for the farming or indeed other industries?

Something that would list, employee numbers, wage bills, expenditure income (sales vs subsidies) and so on in terms understandable to a layman?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-05. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

I don't have many books to share but there is the website on Farm economy data from the USDA.

Farm Labor
USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)

<https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-labor/>

There is also the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (feel free to explore their site)

<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_and_Statistics/index.php>

here are some articles

<https://arefiles.ucdavis.edu/uploads/filer_public/ad/74/ad7450e7-80ab-4cf7-a147-6b80c2e614a7/chapter_1_the_farm_labor_problem_4-4-17.pdf>
The Farm Labor Problem
J. Edward Taylor & Diane Charlton
Agricultural & Resource Economics
University of California, Davis

<https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/agriculture-occupational-employment-and-wages.htm>
Agriculture: occupational employment and wages

Labour Market Effects of Large-Scale Agricultural Investment: Conceptual Considerations and Estimated Employment Effects
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X17301754>

Few books on the subject:

freebook-
The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets - 2nd Edition
<https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-economics-of-food-and-agricultural-markets>

Agricultural Economics (3rd Edition) 3rd Edition
by H. Evan Drummond Ph.D. (Author), John W. Goodwin (Author)


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