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Abstract
Join most any group of farmers at the local cafes for
morning coffee and you 'll hear complaints that, "Farm
prices are too low, and farm inputs cost too much."
"Farmer returns just don't measure up to returns associated
with other investments like stocks and bonds," they
will often argue. But this just isn't the case. The record
shows (when both good times and bad times are considered)
that returns from current income and capital gains
for farm investment match or exceed that on many nonfarm
investments. And the riskiness or fluctuation in
returns in farming is actually less than it is for many nonfarm
investments.