Plesha, Nataliya; Ray, Subhash C.; Nehring, Richard F.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
Productive utilization of resources has enabled American agriculture to supply the nation with vast quantities of food at a high level of efficiency. However, the USDA shows that 2011 pesticide expenses increased by about $100 million resulting from a slight increase of planted acres and a...