Influence of Agriculture M(i) Services on Rice Planting Costs on Chinese Family Farms

Through a questionnaire survey on family farms in Chongqing, Shaanxi, Henan, Liaoning, and other provinces and cities, the authors compared and analyzed the factor importance ranking results of three models—multiple linear regression, SNA social network, and multi-layer perceptron neural network—indicating that different research methods have different calculation results. The results are similar and consistent, and the role of agricultural mechanization and informatization services in the three stages of rice planting—harvesting, plowing, and sowing—is significant. The high use of agricultural machinery services during the harvesting, tillage, and sowing stages of rice planting can reduce the cost of rice planting on family farms.