IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea91/271365.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

The Effect of Farming Practices on Reducing Excess Nitrogen Fertilizer Use: An Iowa Case Study

Author

Listed:
  • Huang, Wen-Yuan
  • Uri, Noel D.

Abstract

A nitrogen balance model is used to investigate the adoption of a crop rotation and the limitation on the application of nitrogen fertilizer to reduce excess nitrogen. For a farmer initially planting corn continuously, the adoption of a soybeans-corn rotation will have a smaller compliance cost but it will not eliminate the excess application of nitrogen fertilizer under a relatively low nitrogen fertilizer to corn price ratio. An explicit limitation on nitrogen fertilizer use would be needed to achieve this objective. Limiting nitrogen fertilizer use on cropland susceptible to a high potential for leaching will have a smaller compliance cost than on cropland with a moderate potential for leaching.

Suggested Citation

  • Huang, Wen-Yuan & Uri, Noel D., 1991. "The Effect of Farming Practices on Reducing Excess Nitrogen Fertilizer Use: An Iowa Case Study," 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas 271365, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea91:271365
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.271365
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/271365/files/aaea-1991-124.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/271365/files/aaea-1991-124.pdf?subformat=pdfa
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.271365?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. T. H. Tietenberg, 1978. "Spatially Differentiated Air Pollutant Emission Charges: An Economic and Legal Analysis," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 54(3), pages 265-277.
    2. Duffy, Michael & Chase, Craig, 1985. "Impacts of the 1985 Food Security Act on Crop Rotations and Fertilizer Use," ISU General Staff Papers 198501010800001210, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    3. Nielsen, Elizabeth G. & Lee, Linda K., 1987. "The Magnitude And Costs Of Groundwater Contamination From Agricultural Chemicals: A National Perspective," Staff Reports 277938, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Glaser, Lewrene K., 1986. "Provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309344, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    5. Nielsen, Elizabeth G. & Lee, Linda K., 1987. "The Magnitude and Costs of Groundwater Contamination from Agricultural Chemicals: A National Perspective," Agricultural Economic Reports 308032, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ervin, David & Algozin, Kenneth & Carey, Marc & Doering, Otto & Frerichs, Stephen & Heimlich, Ralph & Hrubovcak, Jum & Konyar, Kazim & McCormick, Ian & Osborn, Tim & Ribaudo, Marc & Shoemaker, Robbin, 1991. "Conservation and Environmental Issues in Agriculture: An Economic Evaluation of Policy Options," Staff Reports 278567, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Daberkow, Stan, 1987. "Agricultural Input Industry Indicators in 1974-85: Expansion and Contraction," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309404, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Vasavada, Utpal & Saint-Louis, Robert & Debailleul, Guy, 1990. "The Conflict Between Trade Policy and Environmental Policy in Agriculture," 1990: The Environment, Government Policies, and International Trade Meeting, December 1990, San Diego, CA 50879, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
    4. Crutchfield, Stephen R. & Brazee, Richard J., 1990. "An Integrated Model of Surface and Ground Water Quality," 1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada 271011, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    5. Reichelderfer, Katherine H., 1989. "Water quality legislation affecting agriculture," Agricultural Outlook Forum Archive 1923 - 1997 326615, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum.
    6. Mapp, Harry P., Jr., 1988. "Irrigated Agriculture On The High Plains: An Uncertain Future," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 13(2), pages 1-9, December.
    7. Bennett, Anne L. & Pannell, David J., 1998. "Economic evaluation of a weed-activated sprayer for herbicide application to patchy weed populations," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 42(4), pages 1-20.
    8. Dumper, Thomas A., 1989. "Magnitude and extent of water quality problems in the United States," Agricultural Outlook Forum Archive 1923 - 1997 326614, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum.
    9. Ahouissoussi, Nicolas B.C. & Wetzstein, Michael E. & Duffy, Patricia A., 1993. "Economic Returns To The Boll Weevil Eradication Program," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 25(2), pages 1-10, December.
    10. Ayer, Harry W., 0. "Agriculture And Groundwater Quality: The Arizona Experience," Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, Farm Foundation.
    11. Taylor, C. Robert & Penson, John B., Jr. & Smith, Edward G. & Knutson, Ronald D., 1991. "Economic Impacts Of Chemical Use Reduction On The South," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 23(1), pages 1-9, July.
    12. Peterson, Jeffrey M. & Boisvert, Richard N., 1998. "Optimal Voluntary "Green" Payment Programs To Limit Nitrate Contamination Under Price and Yield Risk," Research Bulletins 122687, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    13. Babcock, Bruce A. & Pautsch, Gregory R., 1998. "Moving From Uniform To Variable Fertilizer Rates On Iowa Corn: Effects On Rates And Returns," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 23(2), pages 1-16, December.
    14. Swinton, Scott M. & King, Robert P. & Lybecker, Donald W., 1992. "The Effect of Triazine Restriction Policies on Recommended Weed Management in Corn," Staff Paper Series 201160, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    15. Jack Dekker & Gary Comstock, 1992. "Ethical and environmental considerations in the release of herbicide resistant crops," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 9(3), pages 31-43, June.
    16. C.S. Kim & C. Sandretto & N.D. Uri, 1997. "The Implications of the Adoption of Alternative Production Practices on the Estimation of Input Productivity in Agriculture," Energy & Environment, , vol. 8(2), pages 133-150, June.
    17. B. A. Larson & H. Vroomen, 1991. "Nitrogen, Phosphorus And Land Demands At The Us Regional Level: A Primal Approach," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(3), pages 354-364, September.
    18. JunJie Wu & Richard M. Adams & Catherine L. Kling & Katsuya Tanaka, 2004. "From Microlevel Decisions to Landscape Changes: An Assessment of Agricultural Conservation Policies," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 86(1), pages 26-41.
    19. Carriker, Gordon L., 1993. "Factor Input Demand Subject to Economic and Environmental Risk: The Case of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Corn Production," Staff Papers 118154, Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    20. Shumway, C. Richard & Chesser, Rayanne R., 1994. "Pesticide Tax, Cropping Patterns, and Water Quality in South Central Texas," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(1), pages 224-240, July.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:aaea91:271365. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.aaea.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.