Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 71 Issue 3

Ag lending: the next generation

Michael A. Gunderson, Joshua D. Detre, Brian C. Briggeman, Christine A. Wilson

The purpose of this paper is to identify relevant financial concepts and skills that are being taught and/or should be taught, as part of the financial management curriculum in…

Joint measurement of farm size and farm performance: a confirmatory factor analysis

Joleen C. Hadrich, Frayne Olson

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…

A triple hurdle model of US commercial bank use of guaranteed operating loans and interest assistance

Bruce L. Ahrendsen, Bruce L. Dixon, Latisha A. Settlage, Steven R. Koenig, Charles B. Dodson

The purpose of this paper is to estimate a three‐equation model of US commercial bank usage of the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) guaranteed operating loan and interest assistance…

Farm income variability and off‐farm diversification among Canadian farm operators

Simon Jetté‐Nantel, David Freshwater, Ani L. Katchova, Martin Beaulieu

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…

The effects of direct payments on liquidity and repayment capacity of beginning farmers

Jaclyn D. Kropp, Ani L. Katchova

US decoupled direct payments, paid to farm operators based on historic yields and base acreage under the 2002 Farm Bill, may alter a farmer's access to credit or his ability to…

AgProfit™: a net present value and cash flow based decision aid for agriculture producers

James W. Julian, Clark F. Seavert

The purpose of this paper is to present AgProfit™ as a tool for users to assess economic risks associated with adoption of new technologies or production practices in production…

Factors affecting variability in farm and off‐farm income

Kenneth Poon, Alfons Weersink

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the relative variability in farm and off‐farm income for Canadian farm operators.