given a constant relative risk aversion utility framework. We find that expected outlays favor large farm operations and are …

, few studies have addressed the individual characteristics and circumstances surrounding entry and exit by farm laborers … will attempt to model the demand for agricultural farm work as a determinant of the decision by migrants to enter the U ….S. market for hired farm labor. …

factors. The study then examines how the adoption of a production contract affected subsequent farm size growth. To address …

likelihood. Recognizing the endogeneity of alliance network size when determining a farm’s survival likelihood, we employ an … extreme weather event.” We employ USDA-Farm Services Agency administrative data to measure farmer alliances and farm entry and … exit. The data provide detailed information on every farm-payment recipient since 1990, including location and …

off-farm income) and also provides the zip codes of the respondents. Using the Geographic Information Systems software … results of this research may have implications for policies related to encouraging farm participation in multifunctional …

The purpose of this paper is to understand how farm-level factors are associated with a farmer’s perceived success of … England, we use logistic and ordered logistic models to determine how farm-level factors are associated with the probability …

A stochastic simulation model is used to determine crop insurance premiums and farm program payments for a Illinois … corn-soybean and Mississippi corn-soybean-rice-cotton farm. The optimal portfolio of crop insurance and farm programs are …