...Sarah A. Atkinson; Charles B. Dodson; Melinda Wengrin Purpose The Farm Service Agency (FSA) conservation loan program was introduced in the 2008 Farm Bill to provide additional credit to assist producers implementing approved Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) conservation projects...

... Group Ag Economy Barometer to test the degree to which farmer sentiment is correlated with demand for United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) direct loan applications. Design/methodology/approach We estimate the dynamics between farmer sentiment and applications to FSA...

...Deng Long; Bruce L. Ahrendsen; Bruce L. Dixon; Charles B. Dodson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify determinants of feasible outcome events (expired with no loss, settled for loss, still performing) and time to event of Farm Service Agency (FSA) operating and farm ownership (FO) loan...

...O. John Nwoha; Bruce L. Ahrendsen; Bruce L. Dixon; Daniel M. Settlage; Eddie C. Chavez The Farm Service Agency (FSA) direct farm loan program provides credit to family‐sized farms including those operated by beginning farmers and socially disadvantaged applicants. Approximately 37% of all U.S...

... of research analyzing USDA farm credit programs and the effects they have had on farmers, ranchers, and credit markets. This paper highlights past research and offers a view of the future direction of research on federal farm credit programs. Direct farm loan Farm loan guarantee Farm Service Agency...

...Charles B. Dodson; Steven R. Koenig USDA direct and guaranteed farm loan programs exhibit significant geographical variation in lending activity. County‐level estimations made using Tobit procedures indicate that use of Farm Service Agency (FSA) farm loan programs is greater in counties with lower...

...Gregory D. Hanson; Robert L. Parsons; Wesley N. Musser The 1997 merger of two USDA agencies, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and the Farmers Home Administration, into the Farm Service Agency created a need for consistent finance training. A highly successful Penn State...