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The Effect of Feedgrain Program Participation on Chemical Use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Marc O. Ribaudo  and
Robbin A. Shoemaker
Marc O. Ribaudo
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, Washington, DC
Robbin A. Shoemaker
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, Washington, DC
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Abstract

Economic incentives created by the commodity programs are hypothesized to cause program participants to apply agrichemicals at greater rates than nonparticipants. Corn producers who participate in the USDA feedgrain program are shown to apply nitrogen, herbicides, and insecticides at statistically greater rates than those who do not participate.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , October 1995 , pp. 211 - 220
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Copyright © 1995 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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