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Cover crops use in Midwestern US agriculture: perceived benefits and net returns

Renewable agriculture and food systems, 2020-02, Vol.35 (1), p.38-48 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2018 This article is published under (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1742-1705 ;EISSN: 1742-1713 ;DOI: 10.1017/S1742170518000194

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Title:
Cover crops use in Midwestern US agriculture: perceived benefits and net returns
Author: Plastina, Alejandro ; Liu, Fangge ; Miguez, Fernando ; Carlson, Sarah
Subjects: Accounting ; Agricultural practices ; Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Conservation ; Conservation practices ; Corn ; Cost control ; Cover crops ; Crop production ; Cropping systems ; Crops ; Economics ; Farmers ; Farming ; Farms ; Focus groups ; Heterogeneity ; Mathematical analysis ; Perceptions ; Pollution control ; Profit margins ; Profitability ; Sediment pollution ; Soil erosion ; Soil pollution ; Soybeans ; Sustainability
Is Part Of: Renewable agriculture and food systems, 2020-02, Vol.35 (1), p.38-48
Description: Abstract Despite being generally accepted as a promising conservation practice to reduce nitrate pollution and promote soil sustainability, cover crop adoption in Midwestern US agriculture is low. Based on focus groups, surveys and partial budgets, we calculated the annual net returns to cover crop use for farmers in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota; and elicited farmers’ perceptions about the pros and cons of incorporating cover crops to their row cropping systems. The novelty of our methodology resides in comparing each farmer's practices in the portion of their cropping system with cover crops (typically small), against their practices in the other portion of their cropping system without cover crops. The resulting comparisons, accounting for farmer heterogeneity, are more robust than the typical effects calculated by comparing indicators across cover crop users and unrelated non-adopters. Our results highlight the complicated nature of integrating cover crops into the crop production system and show that cover crops affect whole farm profitability through several channels besides establishment and termination costs. Despite farmers’ positive perceptions about cover crops and the availability of cost-share programs, calculated annual net returns to cover crops use were negative for most participants.
Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1742-1705
EISSN: 1742-1713
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170518000194
Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central

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Cover crops use in Midwestern US agriculture: perceived benefits and net returns

2018 This article is published under (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1742-1705 ;EISSN: 1742-1713 ;DOI: 10.1017/S1742170518000194

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