U.S. farm commodity support programs encompass nearly three quarters of a century and three quarters of a trillion taxpayer dollars. One dividend from that effort is to learn lessons. Farm commodity programs have steadfastly maintained a primary objective of supporting the incomes of a...

Ohio farm operators were surveyed about the proportion of selected agricultural services provided by them for their operations and the income earned from providing these services for others. The survey respondents provided more than half their tillage, crop harvesting, crop and livestock...

Trends in farm machinery use suggest the US farm machinery market is a replacement market. Moreover, since 1960, the price of machinery has risen relative to prices for other production inputs. Econometric analysis suggests that higher relative machinery prices encourage input substitution....

A random sample of Ohio farm operators was surveyed about the revenue they earned from selling seed to farmers. Approximately 15% of the survey respondents reported selling seed to farmers. For most respondents who sold seed the seed dealership was not an important source of income. However,...

A random sample of Ohio farm operators was queried about the price discounts received on seed, fertilizer, pesticides, and machinery. Analysis of the survey data found that, consistent with the findings of previous studies, large farmers (1000 + acres) received higher discounts than smaller...

As farm income establishes nominal records, optimism has returned to US agriculture. However, examination of the causes-declining farm expenses, high government payments, and high livestock profits-suggests foreboding. Target prices can decline under the 1985 Farm Bill, and livestock profits...

Internal accounting systems supply managers with cost, planning, evaluation, and control information not provided by traditional financial statements prepared according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. A conceptual model of factors associated with utilization of internal accounting...

An event study is conducted of the informational content of US Department of Agriculture's Cold Storage report of pork bellies over the period January 1989 to December 1992. Analysis of Knight-Ridder's composite forecast derived from its pre-release survey of market analysts indicates it is a...

The linear historic global crop yield trends found in this study, when extended, trace future rates of yield gain that are well below the recent growth in food demand. Fortunately for consumers, the population growth rates have also fallen after exponential growth, on average, for at least 2...