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Farming Dependent Counties and the Financial Well-Being of Farm Operator Households

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  • Ahearn, Mary
  • Bentley, Susan
  • Carlin, Thomas

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The financial well-being of farmers varies with the local economy's dependence on farming. Farming dependent counties (where farming contributes at least 20 percent of the county's total earnings) offer limited nonfarm employment opportunities. These operators earn high farm incomes but face large debts. Declining land values have lowered their equity positions. Government payments provide a larger share of their incomes than for farms in other areas because these farmers specialize in producing crops included in farm commodity programs. Farms in counties not so dependent on agriculture are smaller, produce more and diversified crops, rely less on farming for income, and have better equity positions. Average farmland values there are higher because farming competes with other business, residential and recreational land uses. This report examines the financial well-being of farm operator households in counties that rely on farming for earnings.

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  • Ahearn, Mary & Bentley, Susan & Carlin, Thomas, 1988. "Farming Dependent Counties and the Financial Well-Being of Farm Operator Households," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309471, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309471
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309471
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    1. Hoppe, Robert A., 1981. "Sharply Fewer Counties Depend on Farming," Economics and Statistics Services (ESS) Reports 143817, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Hanson, Gregory, 1987. "Potential Loan Losses of Farmers and Lenders," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309408, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    1. Saupe, William E. & Majchrowicz, T. Alexander, 1996. "Measuring Farm And Farm-Related Jobs In Wisconsin - 1992," Staff Papers 12636, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
    2. Leistritz, F. Larry & Mortensen, Timothy L. & Bastow-Shoop, Holly E. & Braaten-Grabanski, Joan & Schuler, Alan V. & Fedorenko, Julie, 1989. "Revitalizing the Retail Trade Sector in Rural Communities: Experiences of 13 North Dakota Towns," Agricultural Economics Reports 23255, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics.
    3. Saupe, William E. & Majchrowicz, T. Alexander, 1990. "Measuring Wisconsin's Agricultural Sector," Staff Papers 200530, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
    4. William E. SAUPE & T. Alexander MAJCHROWICZ, 1996. "Abstract Of Measuring Farm And Farm-Related Jobs In Wisconsin - 1992," Staff Papers 390, University of Wisconsin Madison, AAE.
    5. Carlin, Thomas A. & Saupe, William E., 1990. "Structural Change In Agriculture And Its Relationship To Rural Communities And Rural Life," 1990 Conference, January 6-9, Albuquerque, New Mexico 260178, Regional Research Committe NC-181: Determinants of Farm Size and Structure.
    6. WILLIAM E. SAUPE & T. Alexander Majchrowicz, 1996. "Measuring Farm and Farm-related Jobs in Wisconsin - 1992," Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural and Applied Economics Staff Papers 390, Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural and Applied Economics Department.

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