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Corn area response to local ethanol markets in the United States : a grid cell level analysis

Motamed, Mesbah; McPhail, Lihong Lu; Williams, Ryan - In: American journal of agricultural economics 98 (2016) 3, pp. 726-743

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Weather, Technology, and Corn and Soybean Yields in the U.S. Corn Belt

Tannura, Michael A.; Irwin, Scott H.; Good, Darrel L. - 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between weather, technology, and corn and soybean yields in the U.S. Corn Belt. Corn and soybean yields, monthly temperature, and monthly precipitation observations were collected over 1960 through 2006 for Illinois, Indiana, and...

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A Profile of and Communication between Certified Crop Advisors and Maize Growers in the Midwest United States

Shah, Denis; Esker, Paul; Bradley, Carl; Conley, Shawn; … - 2016

Historically, hybrid maize in the United States was rarely sprayed with foliar fungicides, but that began to change in … perceived benefit. A survey was done in 2009 of maize growers and certified crop advisors across four Midwestern states (Iowa … maize disease management. This article documents the survey administration, data collection and preparation for statistical …

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Weather, Climate, and Technology Adoption : An Application to Drought-Tolerant Corn in the United States

McFadden, Jonathan R.; Smith, David; Wallander, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Crop farmers have few short-run options for reducing downside production risk from changes in drought frequency and intensity due to ongoing climate change. However, one recently available option is drought-tolerant (DT) varieties. We determine how recent drought exposure, drought risk, and...

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Genetically Engineered Varieties and Applied Pesticide Toxicity in U.S. Maize and Soybeans : Heterogeneous and Evolving Impacts

Lee, Seungki; Moschini, GianCarlo; Perry, Edward - 2023

-level fixed effects models, estimated with rich plot-level data on more than 200,000 seed and pesticide choices by U.S. maize and …

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The Ethanol Decade : An Expansion of U.S. Corn Production, 2000-09

Wallander, Steve; Claassen, Roger; Nickerson, Cynthia - 2015

The recent 9-billion-gallon increase in corn-based ethanol production, which resulted from a combination of rising gasoline prices and a suite of Federal bioenergy policies, provides evidence of how farmers altered their land-use decisions in response to increased demand for corn. As some...

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