Research on USDA farm credit programs: Past, present, and future

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-181

  Ahrendsen, Bruce L ^a   Dodson, Charles B ^b   Dixon, Bruce L ^a   Koenig, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b US Department of Agriculture s Farm Service Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct farm loan; Farm loan guarantee; Farm Service Agency; Federal farm credit program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880678128     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660580001171     Document Type: Article

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