Reducing Yield Variation in Peach Orchards by Geographic Scattering
Assuming a declining correlation in yields as distance between pairs of orchards increases, yield variability in peach production may be reduced by increasing distances among orchards. As a measure of yield variability that avoids possible bias resulting from orchard-specific effects, a stochastic production function is estimated. Results support the assumption that a declining correlation between yields exists as distance increases. For every mile further apart, the correlation in yield declines 2.28%. Copyright 1997, Oxford University Press.
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1997
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Authors: | Price, T. Jeffrey ; Wetzstein, Michael E. ; Rieger, Mark W. |
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA. - Vol. 79.1997, 4, p. 1119-1126
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA |
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