ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF COTTON INSECT CONTROL IN NORTH CAROLINA

Arthur H. Grube and Gerald A. Carlson

No 259548, Department of Economics and Business - Archive from North Carolina State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Insect control practices on North Carolina cotton farms in 1976 were investigated as a basis for estimating the costs and returns to a federally sponsored boll weevil eradication program. The mean number of insecticide applications was 10.9, but most were not directed at boll weevils as a primary target. Comparisons on insecticide use, use of field scouting and other practices are compared for two areas of the state, two farm sizes, counties, and those farmers in and not in spray cooperatives. More years of data are needed for a more complete estimate of the advantages of eradication.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 1978-01-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259548

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