Assistant Professor Rabail Chandio co-authored the article "Government payments and farm debt utilization during the pandemic" in the most recent issue of Agricultural Finance Review. The article examines the heterogeneous relationship between ad-hoc support policies, high government payments, low interest rates and farm debt use across farms of different sizes and across farm operators of different races, genders and experiences to inform the 2024 Farm Bill discussions. Chandio's co-authors are Ani L. Katchova of The Ohio State University and Dipak Subedi and Anil K. Giri of USDA's Economic Research Service.

Government payments and farm debt utilization during the pandemic
Rabail Chandio, Ani L. Katchova, Dipak Subedi, and Anil K. Giri
Agricultural Finance Review
doi: 10.1108/AFR-09-2023-0127