This case presents a teaching tool which requires students to identify an optimal equipment plan for a northern plains small grain farm. Students are presented with information from a farm owner regarding farm size, available labor, farming techniques used and other relevant issues. Students are...

Farm systems in Australia are open systems. The financial openness of farm systems has implications for managing farms and, thus, implications for analysing farm management decisions and farm performance. In elaborating on this theme, capital investment in agriculture is considered and key ideas...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in the structures of US farms and lenders and identify prospective implications for federal credit. Design/methodology/approach Data from US farm operations for 1996-2014 were adjusted to 2014 values using commodity price indices. Farm size...

This article undertakes a comparative analysis to investigate the distinctive determinants of capital structure in agricultural businesses located in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western Europe (WE). Given the unique financing characteristics inherent to agricultural enterprises and the...

Russia has moved from being a large importer of grain, soybeans, and soybean meal during the late Soviet period to a major grain exporter. The country has become the world's top wheat exporter, supplying 20-23 percent of total world exports in 2017-2018. This article examines how Russia's...