Abstract
The value of weed scouting information for soil-applied and post-emergence weed management is estimated using a dynamic, whole-farm, stochastic simulation model. The model simulates outcomes of four expected utility functions from management strategies using three levels of weed information. Results from a representative Minnesota corn and soybean farm indicate high value of weed seedling counts (for postemergence control) but relatively low value of weed seed counts (for soil-applied control). While herbicide use is often reduced under information-based management, this is not always the case.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 36-46 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | American Journal of Agricultural Economics |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1994 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Scott M. Swinton is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. Robert P. King is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. University of Minnesota. St. Paul. The authors thank Roy Black, Derek Byerlee, Dennis Gilliland, and Jack Meyer for helpful comments. This research received support from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, a University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, and a grant from the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Review coordinated by Richard Adams.
Keywords
- Bioeconomic model
- Integrated pest management
- Scouting
- Stochastic simulation
- Yield risk
