Theme Overview: Will Rising Interest Rates Lead to Intensifying Risks for Agriculture?

Ryan Kuhns and Kevin Patrick

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2018, vol. 33, issue 01

Abstract: A low interest rate environment has led to an availability of inexpensive farm debt and may have helped support farmland values, but the Federal Reserve has signaled rates will rise. This article introduces several ways a rising interest rate environment could impact U.S. farmers.

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.268961

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