Count Data Analysis of the Adoption of Best Management Practices in Beef Cattle Production

Kim, Seon-Ae, Jeffrey M. Gillespie and Krishna P. Paudel

No 35603, 2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Factors influencing the adoption of Best Management Practices by cattle producers are analyzed using negative binomial regression analysis. Fifteen hundred farms were surveyed. Analysis identified diversification, hilly land, contact with regulatory personnel, college education, household income, and percentage of income from beef as significant factors in BMPs adoption.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005

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