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Sample selection model assessing professional scouting programs and pesticide use in cotton production

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  • Jet Yee

    (Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1301 New York Ave. NW, Room 532, Washington, DC 20005-4788)

  • Walter Ferguson

    (Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1301 New York Ave. NW, Room 532, Washington, DC 20005-4788)

Abstract

A sample selection model is estimated using data from a 1989 survey of cotton farmers in the 14 major producing states to assess the effects of the farmer's participation in a professional scouting program on pesticide use in cotton production. Our results, based on 1989 conditions, indicate that participation in a professional scouting program increases yield and the number of treatments per acre of pesticides (broadly defined to include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, desiccants|defoliants, and growth regulators). Use of pest-resistant plants reduces the number of pesticide treatments per acre and irrigation increases the number of treatments per acre. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This article is a US Government work, and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

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  • Jet Yee & Walter Ferguson, 1996. "Sample selection model assessing professional scouting programs and pesticide use in cotton production," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(3), pages 291-300.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:agribz:v:12:y:1996:i:3:p:291-300
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199605/06)12:3<291::AID-AGR8>3.0.CO;2-W
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