"Most of the immigrants were independent farmers," he said.

On the Yeltsin side, some 84 groups gathered, including independent farmers who came in their tractors.

Johnson's children were only able to hold on to enough land to become independent farmers.

But in the hog business, the competitive differences between independent farmers and big companies run even deeper.

At 1960, after the last independent farmers became members of the collectives, the film was removed from circulation.

Now his hopes of being an independent farmer were destroyed.

His family couldn't afford to set him up as an independent farmer.

There is little or no role for the independent farmer in this landscape.

The original dream of a land of small, independent farmers was ruined.

Small independent farmers are often considered self-employed; so, they cannot be unemployed.