Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Keywords

maize, producer beliefs

Journal/Book/Conference Title Title

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volume

43

Issue

2

First Page

151

Last Page

171

Abstract

Fungal disease management in U.S. corn production has undergone a major shift in the last 2 decades. The decision to apply fungicide, a management practice that was once rarely considered, is now contemplated annually by many U.S. corn producers. We investigate potential factors underlying the fungicide treatment decision. We use economics, agronomy, and plant pathology literature to develop a conceptual model of the fungicide treatment decision and test the model using a survey of Midwest corn producers. We find the treatment decision is positively related to perceived economic gains, but heuristic factors also have a strong influence.

Department

Department of Economics

Comments

First published in Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, v. 43, no.2 (May 2018), pp. 151-171, published by Western Agricultural Economics Association.

Original Publication Date

5-2018

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library

Copyright

©2018 Western Agricultural Economics Association. The copyright holder has granted permission for posting.

Date Digital

2018

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Included in

Economics Commons

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