Christine Whitt

Jan 29, 2024 | ers.usda.gov | Jessica E. Todd |Christine Whitt |Nigel Key |Okkar Mandalay

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recognizes several groups of farmers who have been historically underserved by USDA and operates several programs and policies targeting these groups. Yet, there is limited information about the current financial health of the farms these producers operate, their credit and agricultural program use, which inhibits the measurement of progress toward more equitable outcomes.

Dec 12, 2023 | ers.usda.gov | Christine Whitt |Katherine Lacy |Katherine Lim

American farms represent a diverse set of business operations and farm operators. This annual report describes characteristics of U.S. farms and ranches with the most recent data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), an annual survey conducted by USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS).

Jun 22, 2023 | ers.usda.gov | Christine Whitt |Noah Miller

by Christine Whitt, Noah Miller, and Ryan Olver The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) provides data on two measures of financial performance: the operating profit margin (the share of gross income that is profit) and the current ratio (the ratio of short-term assets to short-term debt). Researchers use these data to gain a sense of risk faced by different types of farms.