The Value of Pest Information in a Dynamic Setting: The Case of Weed Control

Scott Swinton and Robert King

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1994, vol. 76, issue 1, 36-46

Abstract: The value of weed scouting information for soil-applied and post-emergence weed management is estimated using a dynamic, whole-farm, stochastic simulation model. The model simulates outcomes of four expected utility functions from management strategies using three levels of weed information. Results from a representative Minnesota corn and soybean farm indicate high value of weed seedling counts (for post-emergence control) but relatively low value of weed seed counts (for soil-applied control). While herbicide use is often reduced under information based management, this is not always the case.

Date: 1994
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