... by the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) with county-level decoupled payments data from the Farm Services Agency (FSA) to characterize the variation in debt values for farmers. To reduce excessive heterogeneity across farmers who are located in agro-economically disparate locations (which cannot...

... and the users of accounting information are studied. From a review of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) questionnaire, several items are identified that limit ARMS information from fully measuring economic and financial conditions. Findings ARMS limitations include issues related to asset...

... of this paper is to assess the current availability of information on US farm debt as well as its accuracy. Design/methodology/approach A review of the farm debt information and survey methodology of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). Findings This manuscript examines several potential...

...Charles B. Moss; Christine A. Wilson; Charles B. Moss; D. Scott Brown Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the usability and communication methods of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data. Recommendations for improving access and usability are proposed to Economic...

...Charles B. Moss; Bruce L. Ahrendsen; Ani L. Katchova Purpose The purpose of this research is to evaluate the financial performance measures calculated and reported by the Economic Resource Service (ERS) from Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data. The evaluation includes...

...Charles B. Moss; Allen M. Featherstone; Timothy A. Park; Jeremy G. Weber Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss opportunities to obtain more information from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). Specifically, the paper will explore the issue of survey nonresponse...

.... Findings The number of multiple entity farms is expected to continue to increase. Obtaining data through the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) will become more difficult as production agriculture increases the use of multiple entities. ARMS must reconsider how multiple entity organizations...