Farmers Aren’t Immune to Interest Rate Risk: A Duration Gap Analysis of Farm Balance Sheets

Jackson Takach

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

Abstract: Changes in interest rates can substantially impact farm balance sheets. This article explores the farm sector’s interest rate risk levels using duration gap analysis and proposes simple modifications producers can make to their balance sheets to help protect equity from rising interest rates.

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.268965

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