..., the return on assets measures bank profitability and changes in amount of farm loans indicate the wider impact on the agricultural sector. Effects of the financial crisis, Basel III reforms to banking regulation and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on these banking measures are assessed using distinct...

... that lead to higher profitability measures to nonfamily farms. We find little evidence of any inherent structural differences between family and nonfamily farms that helps explain financial outcomes related to leverage or household finances. Practical implications We conclude that including nonfamily...

...Andrew W. Stevens; Karin Wu Purpose The purpose of this article is to investigate how land tenure correlates with measures of profitability among young farmers and ranchers in the United States. The authors hypothesize that young producers who own a larger proportion of their operation face...

...Abraham Zakaria; Shaibu Baanni Azumah; Gilbert Dagunga; Mark Appiah-Twumasi Purpose The purpose of this study is to estimate the profitability of rice production for irrigated and rain-fed farmers; determine the factors that influence farmers' decision to participate in irrigation and the impact...

...Christopher A. Wolf; J. Roy Black; Mark W. Stephenson Purpose The purpose of this research is to understand US Upper Midwest dairy farm profitability performance over time and across herd size. Profitability is broken down into asset efficiency and operating profit margin. The primary objective...

... with a low return on assets or profitability. A smaller percentage of financial stress was due to financing decisions. Originality/value This study provides value by measuring the impact of profitability, leverage and interest rate on the financial performance of agricultural cooperatives. Results showed...

... of profitability, solvency, and liquidity by herd size. Design/methodology/approach Financial ratios to reflect profitability (rate of return on assets), solvency (debt to asset ratio), and liquidity (current ratio) were collected from Cornell University, Michigan State University, and the University...

...Xuan Shen; Valentina Hartarska Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of financial derivatives on profitability in agricultural banks. Agricultural banks are new to the derivatives market and are unlikely to use financial derivatives for risk speculation. Thus, the paper also...

...Michael Boland; Sara Schumacher Using return on assets as a proxy for profitability, this study evaluates the sustainability of profits in the food economy with respect to industry, corporate, and business‐specific effects for low‐ and high‐performing firms. The food economy is broken into its four...

...Jill M. Phillips; Ani L. Katchova Economic theory implies that firms in a competitive market will adjust to long‐run equilibrium levels of profitability, resulting in mean reversion of profitability. Partial adjustment models are applied to farm‐level data from Illinois to test for mean reversion...