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The Dynamics of Agricultural Biotechnology Adoption: Lessons from rBST Use in Wisconsin, 1994‐2001

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  • Bradford L. Barham
  • Jeremy D. Foltz
  • Douglas Jackson‐Smith
  • Sunung Moon

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This article exploits panel data from Wisconsin dairy farmers to examine the dynamics of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) adoption and to identify the characteristics that distinguish among nonadopters, disadopters, and early and late adopters. Panel methods are used to control for omitted variables and endogenous regressors that call into question coefficient estimates derived from cross‐section adoption models. The results, however, confirm previous findings that larger farms with complementary feeding technologies are more likely to adopt rBST, nonadopters appear quite unlikely to become adopters, and rBST adoption will remain at rather moderate levels in Wisconsin.

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  • Bradford L. Barham & Jeremy D. Foltz & Douglas Jackson‐Smith & Sunung Moon, 2004. "The Dynamics of Agricultural Biotechnology Adoption: Lessons from rBST Use in Wisconsin, 1994‐2001," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 86(1), pages 61-72, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:ajagec:v:86:y:2004:i:1:p:61-72
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2004.tb18456.x
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