Agriculture in the United States and many other countries is at a critical juncture. Public
investments and policy reforms will inform landscape management practices to be used by …

This article exploits panel data from Wisconsin dairy farmers to examine the dynamics of
recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) adoption and to identify the characteristics that …

Social scientists have explored why farmers engage in conservation activities for a number
of decades, yet there is still a large degree of unexplained variation and a lack of …

A primary objective of the Wisconsin Dairy Modernization Survey was to compare features
of free-stall barns available to dairy producers. This study used data from a large random …

Wisconsin dairy producers who modernized their operations between 1994 and 1998 had
positive feelings about their expansion experiences, accompanied by increased production …

Are urban waterways amenities, and if so, are there inequities in household access? While
urban waterways represent a potential site for access to nature within the urban environment, …

With declining survey response rates, the Drop-Off/Pick-Up (DOPU) survey method has been
suggested as an alternative to mail, phone, or internet modes. We use a major household …

In the United States, the nature and limits of private property rights have been central themes
in natural resource debates over issues such as rural land use control, public and private …

There is growing interest in evaluating the impacts at the watershed scale of agricultural
best management practices (BMPs) designed to improve water quality. Many approaches to …

Both social structural factors and direct sensory experiences can contribute to the development
of environmental perceptions and concerns. We use two separate surveys of Utah adults …