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Abstract
Technology creates changes in agriculture that all segments of
the agricultural community need to consider to anticipate the
resulting impacts. Objectives of the research were to project the
size and number of farming operations in eastern Washington
and to examine the implications for farm size of four-wheeldrive
tractor technology. Based on Markov chain projections of
farm size, enlargements will occur in farms over 1,000 acres. Use
of four-wheel-drive tractors will pressure farming operations
larger than 2,000 acres to enlarge further.