... debt. Large herds’ financial performance was more uniform than across smaller herds. Larger herds had more financial risk as measured by credit risk scoring but recovered quickly to industry averages in profitable years. Originality/value The variation of dairy farm financial performance in an era...

...-household interactions Financial risk Off-farm income Acknowledging that many farm households in the EU attract a substantial part of their income from non-agricultural sources, this paper theoretically introduces the concept of farm household risk balancing. As a theory, risk balancing suggests...

... of financial risk (FR) in response to changes in the level of business risk (BR). Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a correlation relationship analysis and run several linear fixed effects regression models using the European Union (EU)-15 FADN panel data set for the period 1995-2008...

... 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...

... Financial risk United States of America A farmer who holds L acres of land and has the option of farming all or part of it at a given time (L_{a) and selling the rest (L}–L_{a) to development. The farmer is assumed to maximize the flow of benefits}...

... can be contacted at: m.odening@agrar.hu‐berlin.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Agriculture Crops Insurance Financial risk Multivariate analysis Insurance of weather‐related production risks is a challenge for agricultural insurers. A basic precondition...

...Yufei Jin; Calum G. Turvey One of the particular problems facing agribusiness firms is the relationship between commodity price risk (a source of business risk) and debt repayment ability (a source of financial risk). This study examines the use of commodity‐linked loans applied to agricultural...