| Contracts, markets, and prices: Organizing the production and use of agricultural commodities JM MacDonald, J Perry, MC Ahearn, D Banker, W Chambers, C Dimitri, ... USDA-ERS Agricultural Economic Report, 2004 | 335 | 2004 |
| The impact of coupled and decoupled government subsidies on off‐farm labor participation of US farm operators MC Ahearn, H El-Osta, J Dewbre American journal of agricultural economics 88 (2), 393-408, 2006 | 298 | 2006 |
| Health status and health care access of farm and rural populations CA Jones, TS Parker, MC Ahearn, AK Mishra, JN Variyam | 207 | 2009 |
| Evidence of capitalization of direct government payments into US cropland values CH Barnard, G Whittaker, D Westenbarger, M Ahearn American journal of agricultural economics 79 (5), 1642-1650, 1997 | 205 | 1997 |
| Agricultural productivity in the United States M Ahearn US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1998 | 135 | 1998 |
| Effects of differing farm policies on farm structure and dynamics MC Ahearn, J Yee, P Korb American journal of agricultural economics 87 (5), 1182-1189, 2005 | 134 | 2005 |
| Labor supply by farm operators under “decoupled” farm program payments HS El-Osta, AK Mishra, MC Ahearn Review of Economics of the Household 2, 367-385, 2004 | 134 | 2004 |
| Beginning farmers and ranchers MC Ahearn, DJ Newton Economic Information Bulletin, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
| The distribution of income and wealth of farm operator households M Ahearn, J Johnson, R Strickland American journal of agricultural economics 67 (5), 1087-1094, 1985 | 102 | 1985 |
| Dynamics of farmland ownership and leasing: Implications for young and beginning farmers AL Katchova, MC Ahearn Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 38 (2), 334-350, 2016 | 95 | 2016 |
| Potential challenges for beginning farmers and ranchers MC Ahearn Choices 26 (2), 2011 | 88 | 2011 |
| Linkages between community-focused agriculture, farm sales, and regional growth JP Brown, SJ Goetz, MC Ahearn, C Liang Economic Development Quarterly 28 (1), 5-16, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| The economic well-being of farm operator households, 1988-90 M Ahearn US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1993 | 64 | 1993 |
| Usefulness and limitations of COP estimates for evaluating international competitiveness: a comparison of Canadian and US wheat M Ahearn, D Culver, R Schoney American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72 (5), 1283-1291, 1990 | 64 | 1990 |
| Direct-to-consumer sales of farm products: Producers and supply chains in the Southeast MC Ahearn, J Sterns Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 45, 497-508, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| Big data's potential to improve food supply chain environmental sustainability and food safety MC Ahearn, W Armbruster, R Young International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 19, 155-171, 2016 | 58 | 2016 |
| Links among farm productivity, off-farm work, and farm size in the Southeast J Yee, MC Ahearn, W Huffman Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36 (3), 591-603, 2004 | 56 | 2004 |
| Estimating the opportunity cost of unpaid farm labor for US farm operators HS El-Osta, MC Ahearn | 52 | 1996 |
| Financial well-being of farm operators and their households M Ahearn US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1986 | 49 | 1986 |
| Farm entry and exit from US agriculture AL Katchova, MC Ahearn Agricultural Finance Review 77 (1), 50-63, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
