Crop insurance provides a potential tool for reducing agricultural chemical use by providing a substitute for the risk management benefits of pesticides. This article describes the results obtained from an integrated modeling system developed to assess the efficacy of crop insurance used in this...

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Investigates the split application of nitrogen for rainfed corn in the Midwest using two-stage decision model. Ex post analysis of late nitrogen application; Ex ante analysis of preplant nitrogen application: Use of information from the Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator (EPIC); Implications...