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Stability of Farm Income and the Role of Nonfarm Income in U.S. Agriculture By Ashok K. Mishra and Carmen L. Sandretto ERS Elsewhere No. 0220, September 2002 An ERS Elsewhere file of a journal article published in Review of Agricultural Economics. This research examines the stability of farm household income over time and the role of off-farm work in stabilizing farm household incomes. Keywords: agricultural economics, agricultural resource management study (arms), income fluctuation, income stability, farm income, commodity prices, farm household income, nonfarm employment Get this Document in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov page updated: September 23, 2002

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