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Farm Management & Performance

The many challenges to successful farm management posed by the dynamic policy and economic environment in which farms operate mean that farmers are confronting greater risks and greater flexibility to make changes in their business plans and organizations. This topic measures the financial status of farm and ranch businesses including their degree of indebtedness and vulnerability to changes in income, cash flow, input costs, and interest rates, and identifies economic, policy, demographic, and other factors that contribute to the financial performance of farms.


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Agricultural Income and Finance—This periodical provides historical estimates and forecasts of farm sector financial information that gauge the financial health of the Nation's farmers and ranchers. Common topics include trends in farm sector receipts, expenses, debt, assets, and costs of producing crops and livestock.

Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)—The annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) is USDA's primary source of information on the financial condition, production practices, resource use, and economic well-being of America's farm businesses and the income, wealth and economic well-being of farm operator households.

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