Risk management by farmers, agribusinesses, and lenders

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-148

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Lence, Sergio H ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm financial performance; Federal subsidies; Risk management tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857867540     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660580001169     Document Type: Article

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