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A Qualitative Choice Analysis of Factors Influencing Post-CRP Land Use Decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Phillip N. Johnson ,
Sukant K. Misra  and
R. Terry Ervin
Phillip N. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Sukant K. Misra
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
R. Terry Ervin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
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Abstract

The future use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands is an important agricultural policy issue. To examine the effects of factors that influence landowners' post-contract use of CRP lands, a survey of Texas High Plains CRP contract holders was conducted in 1992. This study analyzes the results of the survey using a qualitative choice model. It was found that the presence of a livestock enterprise in the current contract holder's operation increases the probability of these acres remaining in the established cover. Contract holders who value the commodity base have an increased probability of returning their acres to crop production.

Keywords

agricultural policyConservation Reserve Programordered probit model
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Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 163 - 173
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1997

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