Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify financial stress and the causes of financial stress for agricultural cooperatives and provide management recommendations to stakeholders including cooperatives’ managers, boards of directors and lenders. Design/methodology/approach: This...

Purpose: The number of US commercial banks has declined by about 50% over the last two decades. This change could lead to a potential decline in competition and a potential increase in market power in the agricultural banking market. The focus of this study is to examine whether the risk of...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of social capital on the rate at which agricultural land is rented between landowners and tenants using data from the state of Kansas. Design/methodology/approach: A survey of tenants provides data on the rental rate of farmland...

Purpose With the decline of US net farm income from $123.8 billion in 2013 to $71.5 billion forecasted for 2016, concern has developed regarding the future path of agricultural land values. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between net farm income, cash rents and land...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the production and efficiency of rice growers in drought prone areas with special attention given to economic and financial factors. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a parametric stochastic frontier approach and a non-parametric data...