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2010

Cover crops

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An Economic Analysis Of Cover Crops In Corn-Dominated Production Systems, Sukirti Nepal Jan 2010

An Economic Analysis Of Cover Crops In Corn-Dominated Production Systems, Sukirti Nepal

LSU Master's Theses

A survey data by Singer et al. (2007) was used to study the factors affecting the adoption of cover crops by the producers at the Corn Belt area of the United States. Data was collected from four states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota. Two binomial logit models were used for the econometric analysis. The first logit model was used to observe the factors affecting the adoption of cover crops by the producers. The second logit model was used to analyze the factors affecting the adoption of cover crops by producers in recent years, specifically, in past five years. The result …