Large farmer
A large farmer is a farmer with a greater number of production factors . Precise definitions are usually not available and the classification differs from country to country.
Large-scale farming is closely linked to prosperity due to its usually higher productivity .
Examples of different definitions and their effects
In Germany, for example, the professional status of large farmers was clearly defined in the 19th century. Anyone who owned more than 100 hectares of land was called a large farmer. The rural property consisted mainly of arable land as well as pasture and forest. In addition to the lands, all the large farmers kept cattle and horses.
In the Democratic Peasants' Party of Germany in the former GDR , owners of farms with over 20 hectares were classified as large farmers in the 2nd party conference of the SED . With " appropriate political attitudes " owners with less than 20 hectares could also be considered large farmers.
In Poland there were class struggle methods in the middle of the 20th century . Since 1950, the income tax of small farmers there has been 2 percent and that of large farmers 40 percent, with which the authorities were able to exert strong pressure on unruly or oppositionally minded farmers because of a lack of and / or different definitions .
Today, especially in rural districts in eastern Germany, the average agricultural area per farm is a multiple of the original large farmer limit of 100 ha. In the district of Uecker-Randow it is 381 ha and in the Salzland district it is 350 ha.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann : Country life in the 19th century . CH Beck, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-406-32177-1 ; therein the subsection The large farmers , p. 55 f.
- ^ Theresia Bauer: Block Party and Agrarian Revolution from Above: The Democratic Peasant Party of Germany, 1948–1963. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-486-56703-9 , p. 211.
- ^ R. Peter Rochlin: The economy of Poland from 1945 to 1952. 1st edition. Duncker & Humblot Verlag, 1953, ISBN 3-428-01247-X , p. 40.
- ↑ Agricultural structures in Germany. Regional results of the 2010 agricultural census. ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 12.
