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Off-farm Income and Risky Investments: What Happens to Farm and Nonfarm Assets? [PDF]
Off-farm work improves and reduces the riskiness of household income. Theoretical analyses reveal that the level and riskiness of off-farm income affect demand for farm/nonfarm investments.
Ramaswami, Bharat +5 more
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Farm and Weather Summary, Central Iowa Farms
, 2004 Farm Comments The Central Iowa Farms consist of farmland in Story, Boone, and Polk counties. There are 1,963 acres farmed by local farmers as custom operators. These acres are used for large-scale research, silage production, crop rotation, and manure application. There also are 157 acres of small-scale plots.
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Determinants of Farm Household Income Diversification in the United States: Evidence from Farm-Level Data [PDF]
This study examines the determinants of income diversification of farm households in the United States. Farm households allocate their time between farm and off-farm activities to help stabilized household income (consumption).
Harris, James Michael +4 more
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Farm Business Survey, 1990-1991: Special Licence Access
, 1992 copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Farm Business Survey (FBS) is conducted annually to collect business information from about 2,100 farms in England and Wales.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic (Farm Business) Division +1 more
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STRESS AMONG FARM WOMEN:AN ANALYSIS OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN PENNSYLVANIA [PDF]
Farming is among the high-stress occupations in the United States and farm women have higher stress scores due to multiple job holdings. The study investigates the determinants of time stress experienced by farm women in Pennsylvania applying an economic
Swaminathan, Hema +2 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsFarmworkers and farm owners both find themselves increasingly squeezed in the current labor landscape of Midwest agriculture, with workers facing precarious labor conditions and with owners struggling to find employees.
Marisa Lanker Paniello +1 more
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THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES ON THE OFF-FARM LABOR SUPPLY OF FARM OPERATORS [PDF]
In addition to farm work, most farm families have someone working in off-farm employment. The purpose of this paper is to examine if, and how, the change in the nature of government farm programs in the recent past has affected the labor allocation of ...
El-Osta, Hisham S. +2 more
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Farm Business Survey, 1986-1987: Special Licence Access
, 2010 copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Farm Business Survey (FBS) is conducted annually to collect business information from about 2,100 farms in England and Wales.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic (Farm Business) Division +1 more
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Financing Constraints and the Family Farm: How do Families React? [PDF]
This paper explores the idea that off-farm income is used for investment in farm assets. Using Alabama farm data for the 1997-2004 period, we find that farm investment is more sensitive to off-farm than to on-farm income, and that this sensitivity is ...
Mai, Chi, Hartarska, Valentina M.
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Farm Business Survey, 1993-1994: Special Licence Access
, 1999 copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Farm Business Survey (FBS) is conducted annually to collect business information from about 2,100 farms in England and Wales.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic (Farm Business) Division +1 more
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