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U.S. Soybean Producer Perceptions and Management of Soybean Rust in the United States under the USDA Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Michael J. Livingston
Michael J. Livingston*
Affiliation:
U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) in Washington, D.C.
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Abstract

Recent survey data are examined to improve current understanding of the factors that help to determine the value of information reported on a website that serves as the centerpiece of the USDA's “Soybean Rust Integrated Pest Management—Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education.” Respondents’ initial beliefs about their chances of experiencing a rust outbreak are shown to affect the likelihood that soybean producers will visit the website and change their management of fungicide use as a result.

Keywords

Asian soybean rustprobability beliefsPIPE websiteARMS dataUSDA Rural Development Broadband Program
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , October 2010 , pp. 547 - 560
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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