Financing the Agricultural Sector: Future Challenges and Policy Alternatives

ISBN-13: 9780367005269 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 268 str.

Dean W. Hughes

Opis

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

Spis treści

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