Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 69 Issue 2

Liberty Hyde Bailey, the Country Life Commission and the formalization of farm credit in the USA

Calum G. Turvey

This paper reviews the life of Liberty Hyde Bailey and highlights his contributions to the structure of US farm credit 100 years after the Country Life Commission.

The impact of board of director characteristics on Farm Credit Association performance: REGULAR ARTICLES

Michael Gunderson, Brent Gloy, Chris Rodgers

The purpose of this paper is to identify how board size and board member compensation impact the operating performance of Farm Credit Associations. Cooperatives are a unique…

Factors affecting financial performance of new and beginning farmers

Ashok Mishra, Christine Wilson, Robert Williams

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors (farm, operator and household characteristics, along with farm type and regional location of the farm) affecting financial…

Differences in opinions and the volatility‐volume relationship on the Tokyo Grain Exchange

James Eaves, Magali Valero

The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first is to estimate the correlation between market activity and volatility on an exchange that does not use continuous auctions to find…

Agricultural, recreational and urban influences on agricultural land prices

Pamela Guiling, Damona Doye, B. Wade Brorsen

This paper aims to determine the effects of agricultural, recreational and urban variables on Oklahoma land prices.

The impact of down‐zoning on land values: A theoretical approach

Paul D. Gottlieb, Adesoji Adelaja

This paper aims to build a mathematical model to determine the price of an acre of developable land, whether it is part of a large open tract (farm) or a smaller residential…

Farm business decisions and the sustainable growth challenge paradigm

Cesar L. Escalante, Calum G. Turvey, Peter J. Barry

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the application of sustainable growth challenge (SGC) model in agricultural finance as a conceptual paradigm and then uses the model to…

Estimating wealth of self‐employed farm households

Ashok Mishra, Hisham S. El‐Osta

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that are likely to influence their wealth accumulation. Characteristics of the farm, operator, family and potential successors…