@article{Salant:310417, recid = {310417}, author = {Salant, Priscilla and Saupe, William}, title = {Financial Viability of Farm Families}, journal = {Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives}, address = {1986-10}, number = {2221-2021-849}, year = {1986}, abstract = {Using data from new farm surveys, the authors constructed a viability ratio to measure a family’s ability to meet its obligations from total income. Coupled with other farm characteristics, the ratio can give policymakers a means of seeing why some farms are viable and others are not. The analysis is based on a survey of 1,616 farm families in Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Tennessee.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310417}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.310417}, }