Pesticide Assessment of Field Corn and Soybeans: Delta States

Bergman, P. W.; Davis, R. A.; Fertig, S. N.; Kuchler, Fred; McDowell, Robert; Osteen, Craig; Padula, Armand L.; Smith, Kent L.; Torla, Robert F.

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.277778

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The Potential Economic Impact of Herbicide-Resistant Corn in the USA

Tauer

Love

1989

Journal of Production Agriculture

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The potential economic impact of herbicide‐resistant corn varieties in the USA was measured using a regional econometric model. Six adoption scenarios were evaluated from 1991 to 1996, assuming different costs and adoption rates. Complete control of weed losses, with a $13/acre technology substituting for current chemical herbicide costs, would increase aggregate corn production by 2 to 4%, lower corn prices by as much as $0.30/bushel, shift regional acreage slightly, and increase the sum of consumers' and producers' surplus. Wider adoption increases total benefits, and differential adoption is more profitable to early adopting regions.

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