Characteristics and Risk Management Needs of Limited-Resource and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

Robert Dismukes, Joy L. Harwood and Susan E. Bentley

No 33622, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Small U.S. farms and those run by socially disadvantaged minority operators tend not to purchase insurance or to participate in insurance-type programs operated by USDA. This report traces the lack of use of such risk management measures to several characteristics of such farmers, who include females, blacks, American Indians, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and operators of Spanish origin. These farmers tend, more than the typical U.S. farm, to raise livestock rather than crops, and there are no government-sponsored insurance-type programs for livestock.

Keywords: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.33622

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