..., crop revenues, production costs, and farm returns are examined. Design/methodology/approach Data from various sources and at different levels of aggregation for the state of Illinois are used to provide illustrations of historical trends in farmland rental agreements and rental rates, and how...

... understand the exposure to farmland returns. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Farmland Investment performance Portfolio Correlation Returns Farms Investments Portfolio investment Farmland investments have been the subject of academic investigations for decades, both...

...Nicholas Paulson; Tianwei Zhang; Mindy Mallory; Peter Barry Purpose The authors aim to investigate what influences a Farm Credit System association to make a patronage refund payment. In particular, they seek to investigate what causes the regional heterogeneity in the patronage refund payment...

...Nicholas Paulson; Todd H. Kuethe; Jennifer Ifft Purpose Farmland plays a critical role in the financial health of the agricultural sector. As a result, a number of institutions closely monitor farm real estate markets and publicly report estimated farmland values. This study aims to compare...

... a food and fiber system: Agribusiness comprises the economic activities of the farms and the firms that assemble, process, and transform raw agricultural commodities into final products for distribution to US and foreign consumers. Agribusiness includes all economic activity that supports farm...

...Charles B. Moss; Paul N. Ellinger; Bruce L. Ahrendsen; Charles B. Moss Purpose The purpose of this research is to analyze possible implications of the economic measures presented in the balance sheet and income statement of the farm firm. Design/methodology/approach Accounting principles...

...Charles B. Moss; Steven C. Blank; Danny Klinefelter Purpose The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) conducted annually by the USDA's Economic Research Service collects data on US agriculture, ranging from production practices to the financial condition of farm and ranch enterprises...

...Charles B. Moss; Brian C. Briggeman; Steven R. Koenig; Charles B. Moss Purpose To identify periods of severe stress, and potentially take action to avoid or dampen their negative effects, lenders and policymakers need accurate and reliable data on US farm debt supply and credit needs. The purpose...

... the calculation method and the underlying assumptions used in obtaining the reported values. Recommendations for improving the information reported are proposed to ERS. Design/methodology/approach The financial measures calculated and reported are compared with those recommended by the Farm Financial...

... factors on the US farm sector, farm businesses, and the households that manage them. This paper will identify gaps in understanding and proposes approaches to extract additional information from ARMS. Findings The relevance of ARMS in the future will depend on the ability to continue to understand...

...) to collect data needed to supplement the US farm sector accounts to prepare a sector SOE and SOCF is discussed. Design/methodology/approach An SOE and SOCF for an individual producer was used to provide an example format for preparing an SOE and SOCF for the agricultural sector and to identify the data...

...Charles B. Moss; Allen M. Featherstone; Mark A. Wood; Kevin L. Herbel; Michael R. Langemeier Purpose Understanding complex farming organizations is important in the USA given the rapid consolidation of the agricultural production sector. Multiple entity farms arise from a desire to enhance...

...Glenn Pederson; Wonho Chung; Roelof Nel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine if there are positive microeconomic effects from a state‐funded loan participation program on farm productivity and investment behavior. Design/methodology/approach The authors take the approach...

...Pavel Ciaian; Jan Fałkowski; d'Artis Kancs Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how farm production and input use (land, variable inputs, labour, and capital) is related to farm access to credit in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) transition countries. Design/methodology/approach...

... be valuable to market-based agricultural land retention programs at the urban fringe. By linking speculative behavior, land demand and existence of a hoarding behavior under some conditions, this paper adds value and originality to the literature. Keywords: Farms, Land, Financial risk, United States...

...Kenneth Poon; Alfons Weersink Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the relative variability in farm and off‐farm income for Canadian farm operators. Design/methodology/approach Variability of farm and off‐farm income is analyzed using a dataset of 17,000 farm...

...Joleen C. Hadrich; Frayne Olson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine if a single dominant measure defines farm size and farm performance consistently over a ten‐year time period, or if alternative measures are needed. The paper also seeks to determine the correlation between farm size...

...Simon Jetté‐Nantel; David Freshwater; Ani L. Katchova; Martin Beaulieu Purpose For many farm families and operators across the OECD countries, off‐farm income has become a major determinant of their well‐being. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential role of off‐farm employment...

... farmer's demand for attributes of financial record‐keeping systems. A sample from the general Michigan farm population is compared to samples from university and agribusiness record system clients. Findings Results reveal that university and agribusiness clients are willing to pay considerably more...

...Jaclyn D. Kropp; James B. Whitaker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how decoupled direct payments, paid to farm operators based on historical yields and base acreage, may lead to production distortions by altering a farmer's access to credit or enabling the farmer to receive...