Bruce L. Ahrendsen
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Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: American Society of Safety Professionals (1995); University of Arkansas System (1993–2022); Fugro (United States) (2023); Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (2022)
Faculty Researcher
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
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Bruce L. Ahrendsen's research focuses on financial institutions and markets, with a specific emphasis on credit evaluation, financial management, and credit programs. He also investigates farmland leasing and asset valuation. His work has explored credit usage among beginning farmers and ranchers, particularly concerning socially disadvantaged groups, and the potential for nontraditional credit to increase risk. Ahrendsen has also examined loan survival rates and default likelihood among Black farmers, as well as the influence of local cultural climate on farmer and rancher delinquency.
His academic career began at the University of Arkansas in 1990, following earlier roles including a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture where he supervised farm and housing credit programs. Ahrendsen holds a B.S. in agricultural business from Iowa State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from North Carolina State University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in agricultural finance, financial management, quantitative methods, econometrics, and international agribusiness. He also has extensive experience in international education, leading case studies in Europe and Asia and initiating a double M.S. degree program with six European universities.
Ahrendsen leads a research group and has a publication record that includes 96 total publications and 407 citations, with an h-index of 10. His recent publications address topics such as minority farmer delinquency, market participation among milk producers in Kyrgyzstan, and the role of green weeks in MBA curricula.
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- h-index: 10
- Publications: 96
- Citations: 406
Selected Publications
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Determinants of Market Participation among Milk Producers in Kyrgyzstan (2025)
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Loan survival: Are Black farmers more likely to default? (2023)
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Modeling duration of FSA operating and farm ownership loan guarantees (2016)
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Market trends and consumer demand for fresh berries (2013)
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The global financial crisis: Implications for capital to agribusiness (2012)
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Financial ratio analysis using ARMS data (2012)
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A triple hurdle model of US commercial bank use of guaranteed operating loans and interest assistance (2011)
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Competing risks models of Farm Service Agency seven‐year direct operating loans (2011)
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FSA Direct Farm Loan Program Graduation Rates and Reasons for Exiting (2007)
Collaboration Network
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- Loan survival: Are Black farmers more likely to default?
- Loan survival: Are Black farmers more likely to default?
- Loan survival: Are Black farmers more likely to default?
- Determinants of Market Participation among Milk Producers in Kyrgyzstan
- Determinants of Market Participation among Milk Producers in Kyrgyzstan
- Determinants of Market Participation among Milk Producers in Kyrgyzstan
- Determinants of Market Participation among Milk Producers in Kyrgyzstan
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