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Farm Family Resources and the Adoption of No‐Plow Tillage in Southwestern Wisconsin
Author(s) -
Belknap John,
Saupe William E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/10.1.13
Subject(s) - tillage , plough , probit model , agricultural economics , agricultural science , survey data collection , business , geography , economics , econometrics , mathematics , statistics , environmental science , agronomy , archaeology , biology
A probit model identifies variables related to the probability that a farm operator used a conservation tillage practice. Data from a 1983 survey of 529 randomly selected Wisconsin farmers were used to determine maximum likelihood estimates. Voluntary no‐plow adopters were significantly different from traditional moldboard tillers in these respects: they were more likely to be risk takers; more aware of the effect of erosion damage on property values and yields; operated larger farms in areas that had less precipitation and a warmer climate; and were more often owners than renters. Several other variables, cited elsewhere in the literature, did not appear to be significant but are also reported.