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Analyzing Farmer Participation Intentions and County Enrollment Rates for the Average Crop Revenue Election Program

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  • Paul D. Mitchell
  • Roderick M. Rejesus
  • Keith H. Coble
  • Thomas O. Knight

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The 2008 Farm Bill created the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program to be a new commodity support program. Using a multinomial logit model to analyze a mail survey administered before the ACRE sign-up deadline, we identify factors driving farmer intentions regarding ACRE participation. Using a Tobit model to analyze actual county-level ACRE enrollment rates, we assess the effect of similar factors on actual farmer decisions. Results suggest that primary crops, risk perceptions, risk aversion, and program complexity were important factors affecting participation. Farmer beliefs and attitudes also played key roles, and were changing during the months before the ACRE deadline. Copyright 2012, Oxford University Press.

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  • Paul D. Mitchell & Roderick M. Rejesus & Keith H. Coble & Thomas O. Knight, 2012. "Analyzing Farmer Participation Intentions and County Enrollment Rates for the Average Crop Revenue Election Program," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 34(4), pages 615-636.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:apecpp:v:34:y:2012:i:4:p:615-636
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    1. Coble, Keith H. & Barnett, Barry J. & Riley, John Michael, 2013. "Challenging Belief in the Law of Small Numbers," 2013 AAEA: Crop Insurance and the Farm Bill Symposium 156958, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Bigelow, Daniel & Borchers, Allison, 2017. "Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2012," Economic Information Bulletin 263079, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Taylor, Mykel R. & Tonsor, Glynn T. & Wilson, Candice, 2017. "Factors Affecting 2014 Farm Bill Commodity Program Enrollment for Kansas Farmers," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258190, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    4. Taylor, Mykel & Wilson, Candice, 2017. "Effects of Imperfect Information on 2014 Farm Bill Program Enrollment," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 252805, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    5. Lee, Yu Na & Chau, Nancy & Just, David R., 2019. "Producer group participation in the trade adjustment assistance program for farmers before and after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 1-1.

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