This article examines farm operating risks and cash-rent determination through the use of the efficient set mathematics. The efficient set mathematics proves to be a pragmatic approach to characterizing operating risks, and the relationships between operating risks and cash-rent determination....

This study examines the systematic risk present in major crops for the United States andthree corn-belt states. An index of commodities is used in conjunction with cash receiptsto generate dynamic estimates of the systematic risk for each crop and state. In our study,we find that beta estimates...

The purpose of this study is to determine the likely impact of market interest rates on the choice of farm mortgages for the borrower. The study focuses on choice of mortgages with different rate repricing periods. The stochastic process of market interest rate movement is first estimated using...

This thesis consists of an essay on agricultural risk management and an essay on agribusiness marketing. The essay on agricultural risk management evaluates criteria that aid agricultural producers in their choice among risk management alternatives. The results of the essay suggest that...