Factors affecting farmers' use and rejection of banded pesticide applications
This article addresses farmers' decisions to try using banded herbicide applications as well as factors that affect whether or not trial attempts are then extended to regular usage. The data is drawn from a total of 722 person-to-person interviews held in 16 Missouri counties, including 75 long...
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Published in | Journal of soil and water conservation Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 322 - 329 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Ankeny, IA
Soil and Water Conservation Society
01.07.1996
Soil & Water Conservation Society |
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Summary: | This article addresses farmers' decisions to try using banded herbicide applications as well as factors that affect whether
or not trial attempts are then extended to regular usage. The data is drawn from a total of 722 person-to-person interviews
held in 16 Missouri counties, including 75 longer semi-structured interviews within three watersheds. The group of farmers
who have tried banding operate significantly larger corn and soybean acreages, and have statistically higher levels of gross
sales, education, knowledge of pesticides, and ability to apply their own chemicals. Logistic regression analysis suggests
college education, certification as a private applicator, and gross sales as the three variables most likely to predict experimentation.
Maintenance of the practice following initial use, however, is negatively related to farm size, and positively related only
to gross sales and certification. Logistic regression analysis suggests only gross sales as significantly increasing the odds
of adoption. The qualitative research reveals that obstacles with adoption for trial users center largely around difficulties
of locating custom applicators for banding, the time and labor required for cultivation, and the ripple effects of banding-related
tasks on other aspects of operator farming systems. In essence, banding satisfies farmers' desires to reduce pesticide use
and protect water quality, but as a practice it is very difficult to incorporate into individual farming systems. |
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ISSN: | 0022-4561 1941-3300 |