The Effect of Feedgrain Program Participation on Chemical Use

Marc 0. Ribaudo and Robbin A. Shoemaker
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Marc 0. Ribaudo: Economic Research Service, USDA
Robbin A. Shoemaker: Economic Research Service, USDA

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 1995, vol. 24, issue 2, pages 211-220

Abstract: Economic incentives created by the commodity programs are hypothesized to cause program participants to apply agrichemicals at greater rates than nonparticipants. Corn producers who participate in the USDA feedgrain program are shown to apply nitrogen, herbicides, and insecticides at statistically greater rates than those who do not participate.

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