AN EVALUATION OF COST OF PRODUCTION INFORMATION USAGE BY COUNTY AGENTS

DeeVon Bailey, Douglas W. Eck and Terrence F. Glover

Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, vol. 23, issue 2, 9

Abstract: County agents receive cost of production information primarily from state extension services and then disseminate it to agricultural producers. A survey gathered data on agent usage of this information. A Poisson regression analysis using count data was performed to determine the factors influencing the number of times county agents directly referred to published cost of production (enterprise budget) information in a year. The agent's understanding of budget information use in management decisions, the availability of budgets, and his/her receiving the budgets in multiple forms (e.g., sheets, booklets, or software) had significant positive impacts on the use of budgets by the agent.

Keywords: Production Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.30042

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