Agricultural Finance Review: Volume 82 Issue 1

Profitability, risk and cash flow deficit for beginning cow–calf producers

Carlos J.O. Trejo-Pech, Jared Bruhin, Christopher N. Boyer, S. Aaron Smith

The purpose of this study is to estimate the amount of cash flow deficit, if any, needed to maintain the operating costs and service debt of a startup cow–calf enterprise. The…

The apple producers' choice between hail insurance and anti-hail nets

Marco Rogna, Guenter Schamel, Alex Weissensteiner

Hailstorms are a major risk in agriculture. In order to mitigate the negative consequences on farm revenues, in the present paper the authors analyse the choice between insurance…

Examining the penetration of financial inclusion in the agricultural sector: evidence from small-scale farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria

Ambrose Nnaemeka Omeje, Augustine Jideofor Mba, Michael Okike Ugwu, Joseph Amuka, Perpetual Ngozi Agamah

The study examined the penetration of financial inclusion in the agricultural sector, using small-scale farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria, as evidence.

Competition, performance and financial stability in US agricultural banking

Madhav Regmi, Allen M. Featherstone

The number of US commercial banks has declined by about 50% over the last two decades. This change could lead to a potential decline in competition and a potential increase in…

Analysis of extent of credit access among women farm-entrepreneurs based on membership in table banking (TB)

Josephine Cherotich, Kenneth Waluse Sibiko, Oscar Ingasia Ayuya

Inadequate finance is considered a major factor limiting the growth of small-scale women-owned farm enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Women empowerment programs such as table…

The role of Federal crop insurance for farms and ranches that sell through local food markets

Becca B.R. Jablonski, Joleen Hadrich, Allie Bauman

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 directed the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Association to investigate a policy targeted to farms and…

Coordinated financial statements: what-is, what-if and how-much questions

Lindon J. Robison, Peter J. Barry

This paper aims to use coordinated financial statements' system properties that include exogenous and endogenous variables to answer important questions. These questions include…

The nexus between agricultural production and agricultural loans for banking sector groups in Turkey

Emine Kaya, Esra Kadanalı

This study aims to determine the nexus between agricultural production and agricultural loans for the period Q1 2003–Q4 2018 in Turkey.

Adoption of rural bank credit programs among smallholder farmers in Ghana: an average treatment effect estimation of rates of exposure and adoption and their determinants

Arnold Missiame, Patrick Irungu, Rose Adhiambo Nyikal, Grace Darko Appiah-Kubi

The study aims to estimate the rates of exposure to, and adoption of, rural bank credit programs by smallholder farmers in rural Ghana and the factors responsible for those rates.

A Cambodian smallholder farmer's choice between microfinance institutes and informal commercial moneylenders: the role of risk attitude

Annkathrin Possner, Selina Bruns, Oliver Musshoff

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which individual risk attitude determines a Cambodian smallholder's choice between a commercial informal loan and a credit…