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Nutrient Use and Precision Agriculture in Corn Production in the USA

In: Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

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  • Roberto Mosheim

    (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

  • David Schimmelpfennig

    (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Abstract

This is a timely study of precision agriculture as both data management (mapping) and field production technologies for agricultural production are changing rapidly. We compare the performance of producers who adopt precision agriculture tools versus those that do not. We estimate both their own frontier performance and a metafrontier that enables the research to compare the efficiency of producers across technologies. To make these comparisons we pre-processed the data with a matching procedure in order to have a sample of producers of equal size for each category who faced similar conditions. In the metafrontier results we find that GPS yield maps, guidance auto-steering precision agriculture technologies, and managerial ability save input costs and increase farm production efficiency which has environmental benefits. Maps created from soils or aerial data and input applications using VRT did not produce useable results.

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  • Roberto Mosheim & David Schimmelpfennig, 2021. "Nutrient Use and Precision Agriculture in Corn Production in the USA," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Christopher F. Parmeter & Robin C. Sickles (ed.), Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, pages 349-363, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-030-47106-4_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47106-4_15
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