High Tunnels Are My Crop Insurance: An Assessment of Risk Management Tools for Small-scale Specialty Crop Producers

Eric Belasco (), Suzette Galinato (), Thomas Marsh, Carol Miles and Russell Wallace

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2013, vol. 42, issue 2, 16

Abstract: High tunnels are being used by specialty crop producers to enhance production yields and quality, extend growing seasons, and protect crops from extreme weather. The tunnels are unheated, plastic-covered structures under which crops are planted directly in the soil, and they provide greater environmental protection and control than open-field production. This study uses field-level experiments to evaluate high-tunnel production. The results suggest that investments in high tunnels can provide increased profits and superior protection against adverse risks relative to crop insurance.

Keywords: Farm Management; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.155319

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