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Financial Stages of a Farmer’s Life: Effects on Credit Analysis Measures

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  • Ellinger, Paul
  • Barnard, Freddie
  • Wilson, Christine

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Farm financial performance measures are evaluated for producers across five age groups. The debt-to-asset ratio is highest for farmers in the lessthan- 30 age group, 45.5 percent, and decreases across age groups. Repayment capacity is strongest for farmers in the less-than-30 age group, 2.1:1, and weakest for farmers in the 50-59 age group, 1.3:1. Operating profit margins tend to increase as farmers become more experienced. A key element in the financial evaluation of farmers through the life cycle is differing degrees of land ownership.

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  • Ellinger, Paul & Barnard, Freddie & Wilson, Christine, 2007. "Financial Stages of a Farmer’s Life: Effects on Credit Analysis Measures," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2007, pages 1-8.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jasfmr:190676
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.190676
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    1. Barnard, Freddie L. & Ellinger, Paul N. & Wilson, Christine A., 2010. "Measurement Issues in Assessing Farm Profitability through Cash Tax Returns," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2010, pages 1-11.
    2. Chi Su & Richard A. Schoney & James F. Nolan, 2023. "Buy, sell or rent the farm: succession planning and the future of farming on the Great Plains," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 18(3), pages 627-669, July.

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    Agricultural Finance; Farm Management;

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