A Comparison of Data Collected through Farm Management Associations and the Agricultural Resource Management Survey

Todd Kuethe (), Brian Briggeman, Nicholas D. Paulson and Ani Katchova

No 184680, Staff Papers from University of Kentucky, Department of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: This study compares the characteristics of farms who participate in farm management associations to the wider population of farms at the state level. Farm-level records obtained from the USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) are compared to similar data obtained from farm management associations in three states: Illinois, Kansas, and Kentucky. Data collected through farm management associations tend to represent larger farms and a greater share of crop producers as compared to livestock producers. Association data, however, capture a greater share of younger farm operators. This is the first study to compare farm statistics from several farm management associations to ARMS, and the study confirms the findings of existing studies of prior USDA surveys.

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.184680

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