Factors Influencing Adoption of Remotely Sensed Imagery for Site-Specific Management in Cotton Production

James Larson, Roland Roberts, Burton English, Sherry L. Larkin (), Michele Marra, Steve Martin, Kenneth Paxton and Jeanne Reeves

No 34971, 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This research evaluated the factors that influenced cotton producers to adopt remote sensing for variable rate application of inputs. Farmers who were younger, more highly educated, had a larger farm operation, and were more technologically savvy were more likely to have adopted remote sensing.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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