Conservation Tillage, Pesticide Use, and Biotech Crops in the U.S.A

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Charles B. Hallahan, Richard F. Nehring, Seth James Wechsler and Arthur Grube

No 60941, 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: This paper presents the first part of an ongoing project whose objective is to present a long term relationship between conservation tillage, adoption of GE crops and pesticide use for major crops in the United States. In addition, the project aims to provide some innovative tests on causality using a panel data set. This paper presents preliminary results for soybeans.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 2010-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.60941

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