..., findings can assist agricultural lenders in predicting the impact of ad hoc payments on their distressed loan portfolios. Agricultural finance Debt Dynamic panel Policy Q14 Q18 The MFP and CFAP ad hoc government programs aided US net and gross farm income; however, several important...

... as follows: Burns et al. (2015) used financial ratios (e.g. net farm income and the debt to asset ratio) and a synthetic credit rating model to examine the financial performance of farms and found that farmers’ ability to meet debt obligations has decreased in recent years in the USA due...

...Anton Bekkerman; Eric Belasco; Amy Watson Purpose – For over 20 years, decoupled agricultural support programs have played a large role in farm policy. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of decoupled agricultural support payments on farm-level debt. Design/methodology...

...Ani L. Katchova This study analyzes the personal and farm characteristics that influence the use of farm credit, the degree of indebtedness, and debt consolidation for U.S. farms. Whereas previous studies have examined the supply side of agricultural credit using lender‐based data, this study...