Economic and environmental impacts on U.S. agriculture from insecticide, fertilizer, soil loss, and animal waste regulatory policies

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Diagnostic Framework for Evaluating How Parametric Uncertainty Influences Agro‐Hydrologic Model Projections of Crop Yields Under Climate Change

“…Wheat is an important global agricultural commodity and is considered a food security crop. It is also the third‐largest crop grown in the US both in terms of planted area and its economic value (Vocke & Ali, 2013). Additionally, wheat is the main agricultural product in the dryland PNW (Papendick, 1996).…”

Impact of pesticide restrictions on regional production patterns

“…Pesticide use for crop production is defined using unpublished data from the 1971 Survey of Pesticide Usage by Farmers [6]. These data provide application rates for each of the herbicides and insecticides applied by farmers on each crop in the 10 USDA regions.…”

“…This paper reports the results of an analysis of a potential ban on the agricultural use of Chlordane and Heptachlor [6]. Although the time has passed for this particular decision, this paper illustrates a useful methodology for analyzing future national policy issues concerning restrictions on the use of pesticides in agriculture.…”