Loan records and lender credit risk classifications are used to examine agricultural credit risk migration. The results include estimates of the likelihood of borrowers transitioning among five credit risk tiers. The paper also examines factors that influence or predict credit risk migration and...

Detailed customer loan records were used to investigate the profitability of agricultural lending relationships. Analyses consider a variety of factors that influence the costs and returns associated with agricultural lending relationships. Among other things, the results provide evidence of...

Corn ethanol plants consume large amounts of corn and their location has the potential to alter local crop prices and surrounding agricultural land values. The relationship between ethanol plant location and agricultural land prices is examined using data obtained from the Agricultural Credit...

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The relationship between the adoption of several basic farm financial management practices and financial performance is examined for 137 New York dairy farms. Data were gathered from farm business summary participants to understand the capital acquisition practices, business analysis techniques,...

A simulation is used to examine the impact of government farm program and crop revenue coverage insurance on the probability distribution of returns to land. When combined, marketing loan program payments, agricultural market transition act payments, and market loss assistance payments...