THE EFFECT OF FEEDGRAIN PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ON CHEMICAL USE

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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Year of publication:	1995
Authors:	Ribaudo, Marc ; Shoemaker, Robbin A.
Published in:	Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. - Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association - NAREA. - Vol. 24.1995, 2
Publisher:	Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association - NAREA
Keywords:	Crop Production/Industries

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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