Grid soil sampling adoption and abandonment in cotton production |
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Authors: | Jonathan C Walton Roland K Roberts Dayton M Lambert James A Larson Burton C English Sherry L Larkin Steven W Martin Michele C Marra Kenneth W Paxton Jeanne M Reeves |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA;(2) Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;(3) Delta Research and Education Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, USA;(4) Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA;(5) Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA;(6) Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC, USA; |
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Abstract: | Technology adoption in precision agriculture has received considerable attention, while abandonment has received little. Survey
data are now available to evaluate adoption and abandonment decisions. Understanding the factors motivating technology adoption
and abandonment has implications for educational efforts directed toward improving the efficiency of production inputs and
for research and development to improve the value of precision agriculture technologies. The objective of this research was
to identify factors motivating the adoption and abandonment of grid soil sampling in precision cotton production. These decisions
were evaluated assuming a random utility model. Data were obtained from a 2005 survey of cotton producers in 11 Southeastern
states in the USA. Results from limited dependent variable regressions indicate that younger producers who farmed more cotton
area, owned more of their cropland, planted larger amounts of non-cotton area, used a computer for farm management and used
a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) in the field were more likely to adopt grid soil sampling for cotton precision farming.
Results also suggest that producers with more cotton area who owned livestock and adopted management zone soil sampling were
more likely to abandon grid soil sampling, while those who used a PDA in the field, used grid soil sampling for more years
and followed up grid soil sampling with variable-rate fertilizer application were less likely to abandon grid soil sampling
for cotton production. |
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