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Insecticide use and crop rotation under risk: rootworm control in corn

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticlePublication details: 1983ISSN:
  • 0002-9092
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 84-086804
 In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics v. 65, no. 4, p. 738-74784-086804Summary: Extract: The economic threshold concept is extended to a combination of two pest controls, insecticide and crop rotation, in a corn-soybean farm model. Effect of risk attitudes on the optimal combination of controls is explored, using a stochastic simulation with random crop prices, yields, and rootworm damage. Crop insurance may cause a risk-averse farmer to adopt a riskier cropping program. Reduced risk aversion causes the farmer to specialize in the more profitable corn crop. The insecticide and rotation thresholds both increase with reduced risk aversion. Depending on pest densities on individual fields, insecticide use may increase or decrease
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Extract: The economic threshold concept is extended to a combination of two pest controls, insecticide and crop rotation, in a corn-soybean farm model. Effect of risk attitudes on the optimal combination of controls is explored, using a stochastic simulation with random crop prices, yields, and rootworm damage. Crop insurance may cause a risk-averse farmer to adopt a riskier cropping program. Reduced risk aversion causes the farmer to specialize in the more profitable corn crop. The insecticide and rotation thresholds both increase with reduced risk aversion. Depending on pest densities on individual fields, insecticide use may increase or decrease

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