Purpose The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 directed the US Secretary of Agriculture to
report on the profitability and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers. Many beginning …

For a variety of reasons, dairy sector indebtedness has increased in recent years. However,
it is not clear whether increased debt boosts or damages the economic performance of dairy …

Purpose Beginning Farmer and Rancher programs are available for operators with ten years
of experience or less on any farm. These programs support farmers who are starting …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine credit usage by beginning farmers and
ranchers (BFR). BFR credit usage is stratified by location (state) and by socially …

Purpose Beginning farmers have unique challenges securing credit because they are less
likely to have established sales and collateral for secured loans. This article explores US …

The success of efforts to promote sustainability and growth of Beginning Farmers and
Ranchers (BFRs) depends on a set of diverse factors whose individual impacts on the BFR …

While farm safety researchers have seldom considered the association between farm
parents' background and their children's safety, researchers who have compared first-and …

Abstract The US Department of Agriculture made women farmers eligible for the Transition
Incentive Program (TIP) to improve their access to farmland. TIP is a federal program that …

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (BFRs) in the US represent a diverse and important
subset of family farms. Understanding their financial needs is of paramount importance for …

Using linked data from multiple years of the US Census of Agriculture, this study identifies
farm and operator characteristics associated with beginning farm survival, growth, and …