Farm Management

2012 Non-Math M/C Problems

Crop prices increase, causing Marcia’s sales income to increase while leaving her cash operating expenses unchanged. This will cause her capital turnover to A. increase. B. decrease. C. not change. D. Any of the above E. None of the above

• increase.

Other things equal, the value of land will be greatest to the farmer who has the A. longest planning horizon. B. shortest planning horizon. C. highest discount rate. D. lowest discount rate. E. None of the above

• lowest discount rate

A acre equals A. 0.40 hectares B. 0.74 hectares C. 2.47 hectares D. 5.05 hectares E. None of the above

• 0.40 hectares

An decrease in the rate of inflation, everything else equal, will have what impact on the present value of a future stream of income? A. No impact B. Increase the present value C. Decrease the present value D. Cannot tell E. None of the above

• Increase the present value

A farm business with declining average total costs has A. increasing returns to size. B. decreasing returns to size. C. constant returns to size. D. decreasing demand. E. None of the above

• increasing returns to size.

Even though corn prices are at record levels, corn farmers still receive from USDA A. direct payments. B. loan deficiency payments. C. counter-cyclical payments. D. acreage protection payments. E. None of the above

• direct payments.

Which is not a policy plan for multi-peril crop insurance? A. Revenue Protection B. Yield Protection C. Management Protection D. Revenue Protection with harvest price exclusion E. None of the above

• Management Protection

For the rules of depreciation, which of the following is an example of "listed property"? A. A home B. A raised cow C. A greenhouse D. A passenger car E. None of the above

• A passenger car

The returns for a farmer who produces his crop under a contract as compared to a farmer who produces none of his crop under contract would be A. more variable. B. less variable. C. always higher. D. always lower. E. None of the above

• . less variable.

A farmer placed too high a value on his land in his closing inventory while all other records were accurate. Net working capital in his record summary is A. too high. B. too low. C. not affected. D. fixed. E. None of the above

• not affected.

The short-run supply curve for a firm is identical to A. average variable cost. B. average fixed cost. C. average total cost. D. marginal cost. E. None of the above

• . marginal cost.

For an amortized loan, the amount of interest in the first payment will be A. more than the amount of the principal. B. less than the amount of the principal. C. equal to the amount of the principal. D. dependent on the length of the loan. E. None of the above

• None of the above

When the size of the soybean harvest exceeds locally available farm and elevator storage, what happens to the basis? A. Basis narrows. B. Basis widens. C. Basis goes out of existence. D. Basis is usually the same all year long. E. None of the above

• Basis widens.

An LLC (Limited Liability Company) is usually A. taxed like a corporation. B. taxed like a partnership. C. not for profit and therefore not taxed. D. illegal in Missouri. E. None of the above

• . taxed like a partnership

On a crop insurance policy, APH stands for A. Adjusted Protection History B. Accumulated Price History C. Approximate Policy Hierarchy D. Actual Production History E. None of the above

• . Actual Production History

What type of insurance protects the farmer from lawsuits if he/she is responsible for personal injury or property damage to another person? A. Life insurance B. Property insurance C. Accident insurance D. Liability insurance E. None of the above

• . Liability insurance

The process of finding the present value of a dollar to be received in the future is known as A. compounding. B. discounting. C. forwarding. D. ratio analysis. E. None of the above

• discounting.

A farmer who wants a real rate of return on his investment of 5% will use what discount rate if he anticipates inflation of 3% per year? A. 2% B. 3% C. 5% D. 8% E. None of the above

• 8%

Which of the following should not affect a farmer’s decision to store his crop? A. Interest rates B. Shrinkage during storage C. Anticipated price in the future D. What he paid for his grain bin E. None of the above

• What he paid for his grain bin

The USDA agency that administers the federal crop insurance program is the A. Farm Service Agency B. Risk Management Agency C. Farm Crop Insurance Agency D. Rural Development Agency E. None of the above

• Risk Management Agency