This paper explores the issue of how much debt could have successfully been serviced by various farm types during a recent period characterized by large income fluctuation (the 10 years studied include the high returns years 1972-73 and the generally low returns years 1966-70).

The tables in this publication contain estimates of farm machinery operations function costs for 1998. The estimates use an economic engineering approach.

The tables in this publication contain estimates of farm machinery operations function costs for 1997. The estimates use an economic engineering approach. The data represents an average farming industry cost for specified machines and operations.