ABSTRACT:
Factors affecting cattle producers' adoption of best management practices (BMPs) are examined using probit analyses. Results show that in situations such as when the farm includes more enterprises, the farmer has had contact with Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel at least once within the past year, the farmer holds a college bachelor's degree, the percentage of income from beef cattle production is higher, or the operation includes hilly land, the likelihood of BMP adoption is greater. Having a greater number of other agricultural enterprises and having a greater percentage of income from the cattle operation were significant factors in the adoption of companion practices. Results of this study suggest changes in formulating future environmental policies associated with pasture-based beef cattle production.
Footnotes
Seon-Ae Kim is a post-doctoral researcher, Jeffrey M. Gillespie is an associate professor and Krishna P. Paudel is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- Copyright 2005 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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