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Factors Affecting Perceived Improvements in Environmental Quality from Precision Farming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Sherry L. Larkin ,
Larry Perruso ,
Michele C. Marra ,
Roland K. Roberts ,
Burton C. English ,
James A. Larson ,
Rebecca L. Cochran  and
Steven W. Martin
Sherry L. Larkin
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Larry Perruso
Affiliation:
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami, FL
Michele C. Marra
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Roland K. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Burton C. English
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
James A. Larson
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Rebecca L. Cochran
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Steven W. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
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Abstract

This study identified the factors that influenced whether farmers in the Southeastern United States perceived an improvement in environmental quality from adopting precision farming technologies (PFTs). Farmers with larger farms or higher yields were more likely to believe that they observed positive externalities associated with PFTs. Farmers who found PFTs profitable or who believed input reduction was important had higher probabilities whereas those with higher incomes or who were more dependent on farm income were less likely to perceive such benefits. Interestingly, the importance of environmental quality and length of time using PFTs were not found to affect the probability of perceiving an improvement in environmental quality.

Keywords

precision agriculturesite-specific farmingvariable rate applicationC25Q12Q24
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , December 2005 , pp. 577 - 588
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2005

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