Indiana farm-level impacts of possible Environmental Protection Agency bans on selected soybean insecticides
1980
Cashman, C.M. | Martin, M.A. | McCarl, B.A.
Extract: The primary purpose of our study was to determine the economic impacts of a possible ban by the Environmental Protection Agency on selected soybean insecticides used by some farmers in Indiana who face periodic soybean yield losses due to insect damage. A 600-acre Indiana corn-soybean farm was analyzed by means of a linear programming model. The economic impacts of possible bans on soybean insecticides were measured in terms of changes in per-acre yields, production costs, farm income, per-acre profits, machinery and labor use, and timeliness of field operations. Yield and related information on alternative soybean insecticides was derived from test plot data.
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