STATE OF AGRICULTURE IN KANSAS:TROY DUMLER

Congressional Testimony;  June 5, 2007 ;     787 words ......negative impact on cattle returns. Government Payments There is little doubt that commodity...shown in Figure 3, from 2002-2006, government payments averaged 60% of net farm income...the seemingly high dependence on government payments, some care needs to be exercised...

Farm Income Less Important to Most Corn Farm Households

Amber Waves;  February 1, 2005 ;   McBride, William D;   542 words ......supports farm household income in part by aligning government payments with (current...lesser role in farm household income and...direct government payments averaged...was from farm-related sources...in 2001. Government payments offset lower...

Government payments and farm business survival.

American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  May 1, 2006 ;   Key, Nigel Roberts, Michael J.;   787 words ......have long been interested in how government payments influence the growth and survival...Huffman and Evenson, 2001). With government payments to farmers exceeding $20 billion...first estimates of the effect of government payments on the survival of individual U...

How Do Decoupled Payments Affect Resource Allocations Within the Farm...

Amber Waves;  May 1, 2007 ;   Ahearn, Mary C; Collender, Robert; Morehart, Mitchell; Roberts, Michael;   572 words ......initiated in the 1930s, farm subsidy programs...prices and raise farm household incomes. Under such...costs, but also on government payments. To reduce the market...distortions associated with government subsidies, efforts...payments' impact on the farm business and ...

Do Government Payments Influence Farm Size and Survival?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics;  August 1, 2007 ;   Key, Nigel D; Roberts, Michael J;   787 words ......Introduction Although the influence of government payments on agricultural structure has long...Environmental Working Group argued that government payments have allowed large farms to "increase...producers. In this study we test whether government payments influence the likelihood of ...

Evidence of capitalization of direct government payments into U.S....

American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  December 1, 1997 ;   Barnard, Charles H. Whittaker, Gerald Westenbarger, David Ahearn, Mary;   787 words ......measure the extent to which direct government payments are currently capitalized into...past research on the role of government payments in determining farmland prices. Government Payments and Cropland Values The FAIR...

Dimensions of Wealth Dispersion Among Farm Operator Households: An...

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics;  April 1, 2005 ;   El-Osta, Hisham S; Mishra, Ashok K;   787 words ......correlation between government payments and wealth dispersion...positive relation when government payments were allowed to interact...Others further add that government payments, particularly since...potential impact of government payments on the distribution...two ...

New Releases

Amber Waves;  February 1, 2006 ;   Anonymous;   535 words ......ers.usda.gov New ERS Briefing Room on Farm Household Well-being To understand farm household well-being, one must shift from the traditional...For a more complete understanding of farm household well-being, it is important to consider...

U.S. farmers see 27 percent rise in federal subsidies in 2003.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 30, 2004 ;     781 words ......two-thirds of Nebraska farmers received government payments last year, but the lion's share...money flowing to farmers through government payments. It's reasonable for taxpayers to...Nebraska Farm Bureau, said he expects government payments will come under question as pressure...

[2056] Tax implications of government payments to industry.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  December 19, 2005 ;     187 words ......tax law in relation to government payments to business. The grants...key factor is that most government payments to a business to continue...assessable income. Some government payments are ordinary income and...

Risk-Adjusted Comparison of Conservation Reserve Program Payments Versus...

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics;  August 1, 2004 ;   Ibendahl, Gregory;   787 words ......combination of crop production and government payments as specified in the 2002 Farm Bill...equivalents, conservation, CRP, government payments, risk, simulation JEL Classifications...of an FSA option helps determine government payments over the life of the Farm Bill...

Price supports concern farm agency head

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  January 9, 2002 ;   Chris Anderson;   347 words ......values artificially inflated by government payments to landowners and operators. Neil...he said, by continuing to provide government payments to support the farmland base, or...the amount of money provided in government payments. It's about policy - how payments...

Clinton farmer helping tackle ag payment reform

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  June 25, 2003 ;   CHRIS ANDERSON;   521 words ......their work in August, he hopes fewer government payments will go to people who own farmland...that farmer to go it alone without government payments," said Ferguson. "They get volume...the same financial assistance as government payments do for smaller and medium-sized...

Flinchbaugh's Take on the Farm Bill.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...

Implement & Tractor;  July 1, 2001 ;     728 words ......increased income, increased prices and government payments, he said. Folks, it doesn't get...government in the new Farm Bill, he said. Government payments are not only important to the farmer...bill, we have to ask the type of government payments and how they affect the marketplace...

Should you join the feds' e-pay project?(all government payments to be...

ABA Banking Journal;  July 1, 1997 ;   Streeter, William W.;   700 words ......Department to convert virtually all government payments to electronic media by 2002. As...no bank accounts, but who receive government payments. The dangers stem directly from...in the business of facilitating government payments. Yet there is certainly the possibility...