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The Current Financial Condition of Farmers and Farm Lenders

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The financial condition of many farmers and farm lenders has deteriorated over the last 4 years. Land values declined by as much as 28 percent between their 1981 peak and April 1984 in some midwestern States. At current levels of interest rates and farm returns, farmers with debt amounting to over 40 percent of their total assets generally face cash flow problems and financial stress. Among the 679,000 family-size commercial farms on January 1, 1985, 229,000 farms, owing over 46 percent of all farm debt, had financial problems ranging from difficulty servicing debts to technical insolvency.

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  • Economic Research Service, 1985. "The Current Financial Condition of Farmers and Farm Lenders," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309337, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309337
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309337
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    1. Johnson, James D. & Gabriel, Stephen C. & Baum, Kenneth, 1984. "Aggregate Indicators of Financial Conditions in the Farm Sector: Some New Approaches and Insights," 1984 Regional Committee NC-161, October 31-November 1, 1984, St. Louis, Missouri 140853, Regional Research Committee NC-1014: Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition.
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    1. Lawrence Shepard, 1986. "The Farm Debt Crisis: Temporary Or Chronic?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 4(1), pages 62-71, January.
    2. Scholl, Kathleen K., 1986. "Economic outlook for family farms: 1986," Agricultural Outlook Forum Archive 1923 - 1997 326378, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum.
    3. Gertel, Karl, 1985. "Differing Effects of Farm Commodity Programs on Land Returns and Land Values," Agricultural Economic Reports 307999, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Webb, Alan J. & Kim, C.S., 1985. "The Response Of U.S. And Competitor Coarse Grains Exports To Changing Global Economic Conditions," 1985 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Ames, Iowa 278580, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    5. Nelson, Frederick J., 1989. "Profile Of Farms Benefiting From The 1982 Farm Commodity Programs," Staff Reports 278238, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Watt, David L. & Little, Randall D., 1986. "Modeling Survival Of North Dakota Cow-Calf Operations: A Monte Carlo Approach," Regional Research Projects > 1986: S-180 Annual Meeting, March 23-26, 1986, Tampa, Florida 272001, Regional Research Projects > S-180: An Economic Analysis of Risk Management Strategies for Agricultural Production Firms.
    7. Jolly, R. W. & Doye, D. G., 1985. "Farm Income and the Financial Condition of United States Agriculture," FAPRI Staff Reports 244233, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI).

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