IMPORTANCE, CAUSES, AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSES TO FARM RISKS: EVIDENCE FROM FLORIDA AND ALABAMA

摘要: Corn Belt production to the North; wheat, Despite contention that risk and un- cotton, cattle operations West; certainty play an important role in agricul- high-valued citrus vegetable proture North Florida South Alabama, very duction South. This area is part of little known about producers' perceptions agricultural region has been particularly risk. paper describes procedures characterized by grave financial difficulties used results obtained from a statis- 1980's (Farm Credit Administration). tically random survey farmers' While it clear uncertainty importance various sources agriculture alternative management practices. Southeast other regions, Initially, farmers were asked define then rank issues. However, considerable 'risk research responses based on . h er relative each their opera-m growth models tion. Summary statistics, Chi-square analyses, now incorporate varying degrees producand logistic regression techniques tion, marketing, risks (Hanson analyze data. et al.; Richardson Condra). Further evidence treatment found sim