Financing The Agricultural Sector: Future Challenges And Policy Alternatives

by Dean W. Hughes

Overview

Farm credit and tax policies have become increasingly important areas of concern for policymakers and agriculturists. Rising levels of debt use among the nation's commercial producers, rising interest rates, and an increased dependence on international commodity markets have contributed to greater income volatility at the farm level, making financi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429709180
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	03/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	270
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

"Dean W. Hughes is the director of the Thornton Agricultural Finance Institute and teaches agricultural finance at Texas Tech University.
Stephen C. Gabriel is a partner in Farm Sector Economics Associates.
Peter J. Barry is professor of agricultural finance at the University of Illinois.
Michael D. Boehlje is chairman of the department of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Minnesota."

Table of Contents

Westview Special Studies -- Introduction -- A Financial Analysis of the Farm Sector: Sector Trends -- A Financial Analysis of the Farm Sector: Distributional Characteristics and Nonfarm Comparisons -- The Capital Markets for Farm Firms -- Projecting Financial Conditions in the Farm Sector -- Current and Future Issues in Agricultural Capital Markets -- Farm Financial Policy -- Tax Policy in Agriculture -- Farm Level Effects of Policy Options and Economic Conditions -- Summary and Conclusions