Economic Implications of Discontinuing the Texas High Plains Boll Weevil Suppression Program*

Ronald D. Lacewell, James L. Larson, D. G. Bottrell, D. R. Rummel and Ray V. Billingsley

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1974, vol. 6, issue 2, 33-40

Abstract: The federal government has supported and continues to support or share in the support, financially and technically, of several regional pest management programs. Implicit in continued federal support is the concept that the benefits of the program to society exceed the governmental portion of the costs. As these programs are evaluated and consideration is given to discontinuing federal support, improved estimates of program benefits, or costs of discontinuing, are needed.The objective of this study was to identify and quantify the expected effects in terms of agricultural output, insecticide use, and production costs of discontinuing a regional boll weevil suppression program on the Texas High Plains. Results of this study are useful to governmental decision makers, local producers, environmentalists and economists.

Date: 1974
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