TY - JOUR T1 - Environmental concern and the adoption of farm technologies JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 109 LP - 113 VL - 41 IS - 2 AU - Ted L. Napier AU - Silvana M. Camboni AU - Cameron S. Thraen Y1 - 1986/03/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/41/2/109.abstract N2 - Data collected in 1982 from 918 farmers living in nine Ohio counties identified factors that might predict attitudes toward environmental concern used when farmers make decisions about adopting new farm technologies. A composite scale was constructed from four items that assessed the relative importance of several environmental issues in the adoption decision-making process. Personal characteristics, farm structure variables, and selected sources of information were used as predictive variables. Risk-bearing orientation and acres farmed significantly reduced (by 26.5 %) the unexplained variance in the dependent variable. These findings are discussed in the context of action programs to reduce environmental degradation. ER -