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| Briggeman, Brian C.; Whitacre, Brian E.. |
| Rural broadband infrastructure and service has received a significant amount of funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. These funds should increase broadband availability, but will broadband be used in rural areas and in particular by farmers? This paper uses Agricultural Resource Management Survey data to investigate why the majority of U.S. farmers choose not to use the Internet in their farm business. Although frequently cited by policymakers, concerns about inadequate Internet service or security actually account for a small percentage of responses. This research identifies targeted educational programs that focus on alleviating perceived barriers to Internet use. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: ARMS; Farming; Internet; Multinomial logit; Non-use; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97008 |
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| Foreman, Linda F.. |
| Corn production costs per bushel vary considerably among U.S. producers, depending on yields, farm location, tillage practices, irrigation, previous field usage, enterprise size, and weather. In 2001, the operating and ownership costs per bushel for corn ranged from an average of $1.08 for the 25 percent of U.S. producers with the lowest costs to an average of $2.98 for the 25 percent with the highest costs. Heartland corn producers had the lowest costs per bushel on average. Corn producers with small corn enterprises had the highest costs due to their lower-than-average corn yields. Operators of part-time and low-sales corn farms have higher production costs per bushel than operators of farms with higher sales. In 2001, 59 percent of corn producers earned... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Corn; Costs of production; Operator characteristics; Production practices; Cost variation; Agricultural Resource Management Survey; ARMS; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7205 |
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| El-Osta, Hisham S.; Morehart, Mitchell J.. |
| This paper examines the role of the life cycle in impacting the distribution of a combined income and wealth measure using data from the 2001 and 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Such an assessment is made using both graphical representation of the distribution of the well-being measure along with utilization of the social welfare decomposition procedure. Results show a mild yet statistically insignificant improvement in the distribution of the economic measure over the five-year period. Contribution to social welfare is found highest among the cohort where the age of the head of household is between 45 and 54 years. Targeted programs are found to enhance social welfare if they are aimed towards cohorts where the age of the head of household... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: ARMS; Economic well-being; Gini coefficient; Lorenz curve; Welfare decomposition; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55705 |
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| Brown, Dennis M.; Reeder, Richard J.. |
| Farm-based recreation provides an important niche market for farmers, but limited empirical information is available on the topic. Access to two USDA databases, the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) and the 2000 National Survey on Recreation and the Environment, provided researchers with a deeper understanding of who operates farm-based recreation enterprises, such as hunting and fishing operations, horseback riding businesses, on-farm rodeos, and petting zoos. Regression analysis identified the importance of various farmer and farm characteristics, as well as local and regional factors associated with farmer operation of, and income derived from, farm-based recreation. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Agritourism; Recreation; ARMS; NSRE; Rural development; Tourism; Farms; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56445 |
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| Christensen, Lee A.. |
| Corn production uses over 25 percent of the Nation's cropland and more than 40 percent of the commercial fertilizer applied to crops. Thus, corn farmers' choices of soil, nutrient, and water management systems can have a major impact not only on their own profitability, but also on the environment. If sound economic and environmental choices are to be encouraged, it may help to assess relationships between operator and farm characteristics and the adoption of management techniques by corn farmers. Data from the 1996 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) of U.S. corn farms and producers are analyzed for this purpose, supplemented by a literature survey on factors that influence corn farm management choices. Relationships were found between certain... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: ARMS; Soil management; Nutrient management; Irrigation systems; Profitability; Socioeconomic variables; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33618 |
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