Farm Family Resources and the Adoption of No-Plow Tillage in Southwestern Wisconsin

John Belknap and William E. Saupe

Review of Agricultural Economics, 1988, vol. 10, issue 1, 13-23

Abstract: A probit model identifies variables related to the probability that a farm operator used a conservation tillage practice. Data from a 1983 survey of 529 randomly selected Wisconsin farmers were used to determine maximum likelihood estimates. Voluntary no-plow adopters were significantly different from traditional moldboard tillers in these respects: they were more likely to be risk takers; more aware of the effect of erosion damage on property values and yields; operated larger farms in areas that had less precipitation and a warmer climate; and were more often owners than renters. Several other variables, cited elsewhere in the literature, did not appear to be significant but are also reported.

Date: 1988
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