Pest Management in U.S. Agriculture

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Sharon Jans

No 321978, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The report describes the use of pest management practices, including integrated pest management (IPM), for major field crops and selected fruits and vegetables. The data came chiefly from the 1996 Agricultural Resource Management Study (ARMS) developed by USDA. Because different pest classes may dominate among different crops and regions, requiring different pest management techniques to control them, the extent of adoption of pest management practices varies widely. For example, insects are a major pest class in cotton production, while minor for soybeans. As insect management has a wider variety of nonchemical techniques than weed control, cotton growers are expected to be further ahead on the IPM continuum than soybean producers.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 79
Date: 1999-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.321978

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