Financial Viability of Farm Families

Priscilla Salant and William Saupe

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1986, vol. 03, issue 01

Abstract: Using data from new farm surveys, the authors constructed a viability ratio to measure a family’s ability to meet its obligations from total income. Coupled with other farm characteristics, the ratio can give policymakers a means of seeing why some farms are viable and others are not. The analysis is based on a survey of 1,616 farm families in Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Keywords: Farm Management; Financial Economics; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310417

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