Mishra, Ashok K.; Lence, Sergio H.

Agricultural Finance Review Vol. 65 (Fall 2005): 131-148.

The present study surveys the significant body of research on the topic generated by the Regional Research Committee for Financing Agriculture in a Changing Environment: Macro, Market, Policy, and Management Issues, and its predecessors. For this purpose, risk management strategies are classified into two main categories, namely, ﾓwithin-firmﾔ strategies and ﾓrisk-sharingﾔ strategies. Given the literature examined here and the recent developments that have occurred in the U.S. agricultural sector, the present study identifies a number of research topics worthy of attention for future research in the field.