A stochastic computer simulation model is used to estimate disaster payments under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973. The model uses a random yield generator and actuarial techniques. Simulated payments under 1976 program parameters and stochastic yields are estimated at $300...

Changes in farming systems require shifts in types of investment and expansion in the use of capital on farms. In this discussion the writer analyzes a capital, credit and loan repayment plan of aid in shifting from cotton to cotton-livestock farming on medium-sized farms in the Southern...

Developing implicit rental rates for capital inputs is an Important step in understanding the Impact of tax law changes on agricultural investments This article develops a methodology for estimating implicit rental rates and presents annual estimates of rental rates for seven categories of farm...

Data on lending activities of major farm real estate ienders are summarized. The loan data show the amount of loans made and repaid during each year as well as the amount outstanding at the beginning of each year. The interest rate data show the contractual rates charged on new loans during each...

This study was based on the hypothesis that lenders to the rural sector have the potential to affect the rate of agricultural adjustment directly via capital formation. Multi-period linear programming models were developed to quantify the effects of lender policy on farm growth for wheat...

Effects of devaluation are examined for a one-commodity, tworegion case. A percentage change in price of the ()commodity will not exceed a percentage change in the quantity traded of the commodity. A change in quantity traded could be large, even under the assumption that underlying supply and...

Official U S Department of Agriculture (USDA)estimates of net farm income, measured in nominal dollars, have fluctuated widely over the past few years When measured in real dollars, net farm income has trended downward, in the aggregate, it approaches the levels of the thirties Far fewer farm...