Consulta: creatorFacets:"Ahearn,   Mary Clare"
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ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF FARM SIZE: TRENDS AND DETERMINANTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Yee,   Jet.
Because of policy interest in the size distribution of farms, there is an interest in understanding the causes of changing farm sizes. This paper addresses an overlooked issue in the literature on the determinants of farm size, namely, the empirical specification of farm size. We examine 5 different size measures: acres operated, land and building value, cash receipts, cash receipts plus government payments, and a constructed measure of the rental value of farms. We graphically show the difference in trends in farm size using the various measures for the U.S. and selected states. We then discuss how the results of an analysis of the determinants of farm size depend on the farm size measure employed. The data set is a panel data set of 48 states from 1960...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34610

Farm Household Economic Well-Being (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Milkove,   Daniel; Parker,   Timothy S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50607

Management Strategies of Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Newton,   Doris J.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7629

ALTERNATIVES FOR SMALL FARM SURVIVAL: GOVERNMENT POLICIES VERSUS THE FREE MARKET: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15237

Industrialization and Contracting in U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Korb,   Penelope J.; Banker,   David E.
This paper examines the industrialization process of U.S. agriculture by examining the trends in the number of farms, the concentration of production during the last decade, and the dynamics of farm survivability, entry, and exit underlying aggregate statistics.  We next examine vertical coordination as part of the industrialization process and highlight contracting in the poultry industry.  The analysis provides evidence that production is continuing to be concentrated on a smaller number of farms at a relatively rapid rate, in spite of the stability in the number of farms.  Although contracting clearly dominates the broiler industry, it is less prevalent in egg and turkey production, where other forms of vertical coordination are likely established.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broilers; Contracting; Eggs; Industrialization; Poultry; Structural change; Turkeys; Vertical integration; D23; D40; L11; L14 L22; L23; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43511

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers: Who Are They?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124186

REGIONAL TRENDS IN EXTENSION SYSTEM RESOURCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Yee,   Jet; Bottum,   John S.
In 1914, the Cooperative Extension Service was established to disseminate information about agriculture and home economics from land-grant universities to the U.S. public. At that time, about 30 percent of U.S. workers were in agriculture-related occupations; by the late 1990s, that share had declined to about 1 percent. Today, the Extension System ("Extension") is largely publicly funded and links the educational and research arms of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, land-grant universities, and related institutions. The system has changed along with its audience. The number of full-time-equivalent Extension personnel dropped by 12 percent from 1977 to 1997, with the largest declines found in community resource development and 4-H youth programs, two of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Cooperative Extension Service; Extension; Full-time-equivalent; FTE; Agricultural productivity; Smith-Lever Act of 1914; Research and development; Land-grant  universities; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33787

Theme Overview: Implications of Health Care Reform for Farmers and Rural Residents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93835

Agricultural Productivity in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Yee,   Jet; Ball,   V. Eldon; Nehring,   Richard F.
Increased productivity is a key to a healthy and thriving economy. Consequently, the trend in productivity, economywide, is one of the most closely watched of our common economic performance indicators. Agriculture, in particular, has been a very successful sector of the U.S. economy in terms of productivity growth. The U.S. farm sector has provided an abundance of output while using inputs efficiently. Agricultural productivity growth has been an important source of U.S. economic growth throughout the century, but the years since 1940 have seen an even faster growth in agricultural productivity. The annual average increase in productivity from 1948 to 1994 was 1.94 percent. This reflects an annual growth in output of 1.88 percent per year and an actual...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Efficiency; Agricultural production; Outputs; Inputs; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33687

DECOUPLED PAYMENTS IN A CHANGING POLICY SETTING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Collender,   Robert N.; Diao,   Xinshen; Harrington,   David H.; Hoppe,   Robert A.; Korb,   Penelope J.; Makki,   Shiva S.; Morehart,   Mitchell J.; Roberts,   Michael J.; Roe,   Terry L.; Somwaru,   Agapi; Vandeveer,   Monte; Westcott,   Paul C.; Young,   C. Edwin.
The studies in this report analyze the effects of decoupled payments in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act on recipient households, and assess land, labor, risk management, and capital market conditions that can lead to links between decoupled payments and production choices. Each study contributes a different perspective to understanding the response of U.S. farm households and production to decoupled income transfers. Some use new microdata on farm households collected through USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), initiated in 1996, and its predecessor survey. These data are used to compare household and producer behavior and outcomes before and after the FAIR Act. Other studies use applied or conceptual models to...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33981

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Newton,   Doris J.
USDA defines beginning farmers and ranchers as those who have operated a farm or ranch for 10 years or less either as a sole operator or with others who have operated a farm or ranch for 10 years or less. Beginning farmers tend to be younger than established farmers and to operate smaller farms or ranches, some of which may provide no annual production. Beginning farmers often face obstacles getting started, including high startup costs and limited availability of land. USDA—through the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service—provides loans and conservation assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers. This report draws on data from annual surveys and the Census of Agriculture to provide policymakers with a better understanding...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production; Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS); Beginning farmers and ranchers; Census of Agriculture; Farm assets; Food; Conservation; And Energy Act of 2008; Conservation Reserve Program; Operator characteristics; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58618

POTENTIAL CHALLENGES FOR BEGINNING FARMERS AND RANCHERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beginning Farmer and Rancher; Farm Finances; Access to Farmland; Government Farm Programs; Off-farm Income; Age of Farm Operator; Farm Management; Q12; Q14; Q14; Q18; R12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109475

THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES ON THE OFF-FARM LABOR SUPPLY OF FARM OPERATORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; El-Osta,   Hisham S.; Dewbre,   Joe.
In addition to farm work, most farm families have someone working in off-farm employment.  The purpose of this paper is to examine if, and how, the change in the nature of government farm programs in the recent past has affected the labor allocation of farm operator households to off-farm employment activities.  The ultimate goal of this research is to investigate the potential impacts of decoupled payments on farm output.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19825

Shifting Resource Allocations and Returns: Implications for Farm Operator Households (Power Point)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Green,   Robert C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37362

Farm Operators No Longer Have Lower Levels of Educational Attainment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124018

INCOME AND WEALTH OF HOUSEHOLDS WHO OPERATE U.S. FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Green,   Robert C.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Paper and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32837

Health Status and Health Care Access of Farm and Rural Populations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Carol Adaire; Parker,   Timothy S.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Mishra,   Ashok K.; Variyam,   Jayachandran N.
Rural residents have higher rates of age-adjusted mortality, disability, and chronic disease than their urban counterparts, though mortality and disability rates vary more by region than by metro status. Contributing negatively to the health status of rural residents are their lower socioeconomic status, higher incidence of both smoking and obesity, and lower levels of physical activity. Contributing negatively to the health status of farmers are the high risks from workplace hazards, which also affect other members of farm families who live on the premises and often share in the work; contributing positively are farmers’ higher socioeconomic status, lower incidence of smoking, and more active lifestyle. Both farm and rural populations experience lower...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy; Agriculture safety and health; Electronic health records; Farmer health; Health; Health care access; Health care affordability; Health care quality; Health disparities; Health IT; Health status; Mortality; Rural health; Telehealth; Uninsured.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54430

Economic Statistics and U.S. Agricultural Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Bruce L.; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Economic statistics can be used to inform policy as it is being designed, avoid policy design mistakes, or implement government programs once they are established into law. Oftentimes, statistics are used for all three purposes. This paper considers the relationships between statistics and agricultural policy in the case of the United States. We address first the broad historical picture of U.S. official economic statistics concerning agriculture, and then turn to selected examples that relate policies to economic statistics in more detail. The examples show diversity in the interplay between statistics and policy. As policies have become broader in scope, addressing not only farm commodity markets but also differences among farms and a widening set of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Data collection and estimation; Economic history of U.S. agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; C8; N52.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25498

REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE CONTRIBUTION OF OFF-FARM WORK TO INCOME INEQUALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: El-Osta,   Hisham S.; Bernat,   G. Andrew, Jr.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
This paper uses the concept of the Gini Coefficient and data from the 1991 Farm Costs and Returns Survey (FCRS) to measure the role of off-farm income and that of other income sources in the size distribution of farm operator households' total personal income.  Disaggregated FCRS data by region and by level of participation in off-farm employment show that nonparticipating farm operator households have, as a group, higher income inequality than participating households.  The results also indicate that, irrespective of the off-farm work status of the farm operator household, the distribution of income among households in the North Central region is least unequal and that in the West is most unequal.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31465

Contracts, Markets, and Prices: Organizing the Production and Use of Agricultural Commodities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacDonald,   James M.; Perry,   Janet E.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Banker,   David E.; Chambers,   William; Dimitri,   Carolyn; Key,   Nigel D.; Nelson,   Kenneth E.; Southard,   Leland W.
Production and marketing contracts govern 36 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural production, up from 12 percent in 1969. Contracts are now the primary method of handling sales of many livestock commodities, including milk, hogs, and broilers, and of major crops such as sugar beets, fruit, and processing tomatoes. Use of contracts is closely related to farm size; farms with $1 million or more in sales have nearly half their production under contract. For producers, contracting can reduce income risks of price and production variability, ensure market access, and provide higher returns for differentiated farm products. For processors and other buyers, vertical coordination through contracting is a way to ensure the flow of products and to obtain...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Production Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34013

PRICE AND NONPRICE TERMS IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Banker,   David E.; MacDonald,   James M.
The industrialization of the food system is proceeding at a rapid rate and contracting is a key element in that industrialization. The purposes of this paper are to summarize contract terms in agricultural contracts for major commodities and to assess the determinants of variations in contract prices/fees in selected commodity contracts, with an emphasis on the nonprice contract terms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21947

Links among Farm Productivity, Off-Farm Work, and Farm Size in the Southeast
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yee,   Jet; Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Huffman,   Wallace E.
This paper examines the linkages among agricultural total factor productivity, farm size, and farm household participation in the off-farm labor market for the Southeastern states for the period 1960-1996.  We find evidence of a simultaneous relationship between productivity and measures of farm structure.  The results support the expected relationships between the endogenous variables, namely that productivity and farm size are positively related, farm size and off-farm work participation are negatively related, and off-farm work and productivity are negatively related.  We find positive and significant impacts of government policies (investments in public research, extension, and highways) on productivity growth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm size; Off-farm work; Productivity; Southeast; Structural change; J22; O47; Q15; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43450

The Well-Being of Farm and Rural  Households (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pender,   John L.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
This presentation will present data on the farm and  off-farm income, assets, net worth, and poverty  status of farm households in 2007 to 2009. Indicators of income and poverty for farm households will be compared to similar indicators for the rural population in general and to similar sub-groups of the rural population.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62086

Characteristics and Finances of Farm Households (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106147

WHY ECONOMISTS SHOULD TALK TO SCIENTISTS AND WHAT THEY SHOULD  ASK: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15548

AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TO GOVERNMENT POLICIES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Yee,   Jet; Korb,   Penelope J.
Economic theory alone cannot predict the impacts of government payments on farm structure.  We estimate a 5-equation model for the 1978-96 period to measure the impacts using state micro and macro data sets.  We found that government payments were positively associated with farm size and farm exits, but negatively associated with the extent of consolidation in farm production and the off-farm work of operators.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Government payments; Productivity; Farm size; Farm exits; Off-farm work; Consolidation; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20367

Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Carol Adaire; Parker,   Timothy S.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124196

THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND STRUCTURE:  PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Yee,   Jet; Huffman,   Wallace E.
Our paper begins with a consideration of the causal relationships among productivity, farm structure, government farm payments and public investments in research and extension.  We then empirically test key relationships for a relatively recent period (1960-96) in the history of agricultural structural adjustment using a simultaneous equations econometric model. Future work will expand and refine the measurement of variables thought to explain the relationship between productivity and structure.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19865

Access of Farm Households to Health Care
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Mishra,   Ashok K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93838

U.S. Farm Policy and Small Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Effland,   Anne.
We begin with a brief comparison of the size distribution of US and EU-15 farms to provide the European audience a greater context to the US issues. The EU data are from the Farm Structures Survey and the US data are from USDA’s Agriculture Resource Management Survey (ARMS). We next address the reasons for the unexpected increase in the number of small farms in the US and the possible role of government policies. We draw on ARMS to provide the distribution of commodity and conservation payments by farm size. Although limits on payments to large farms have long been addressed by the periodic US Farm Acts, payments continue to be concentrated on large farms largely because of their historical ties to farm production. The most recent 2008 Farm Act included...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Small farms; EU-US farm structure comparison; Farm policy; Payment distribution; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52868

Health Insurance as a New Indicator of Farm Households' Well-Being
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123228