Implications of Alternative Moving Average Loan Rates

James A. Langley and J. Michael Price

No 307994, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Setting flexible loan rates on the basis of a "weighted moving average of past market prices allows loan rates to adjust to changes in market trends, yet provides a safety net to farmers. Choice of the particular weight used and the combination of target price and acreage control programs in effect are important to the operation of the rule.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 1985-08
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/307994/files/aer538.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uerser:307994

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307994

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().