A comparison of data collected through farm management associations and the Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Issue 4 (28th October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: H. Kuethe, Todd; Briggeman, Brian; D. Paulson, Nicholas; L. Katchova, Ani
• Is Part Of: Agricultural finance review. Volume 74:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 492
• Page End: 500
• Publication Date: 2014-10-28
• Subjects: Agriculture -- Finance -- Periodicals; Agriculture -- Finance -- Statistics -- Periodicals; Agricultural insurance -- Periodicals; Agriculture -- Taxation -- Periodicals; 332.71
• DOI: 10.1108/AFR-09-2014-0023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-1466

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title> <p> – The purpose of this paper is to compare the characteristics of farms who participate in farm management associations to the wider population of farms at the state level. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title> <p> – 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. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title> <p> – 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. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title> <p> – 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.</p> </sec> </abstract>