Dale Nordquist, associate director of the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota, said Missouri's practical approach to understanding farm finances is relatively uncommon at large, land-grant universities where both students and professors are more likely to concentrate on theoretical approaches as opposed to practical solutions, and the use of personal data can still be seen as an intrusion.

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Tipping is quite common according to the data, says Stephen Christophe, associate professor of finance at George Mason, who is to present his findings at the Financial Management Association's European conference in Prague on Thursday.

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