Estimating Economically Optimal Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer in No-Tillage Continuous Corn

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dc.contributor.authorVillacis, Alexis H.en
dc.contributor.authorRamsey, A. Forden
dc.contributor.authorDelgado, Jorge A.en
dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-09T14:27:49Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-09T14:27:49Zen
dc.date.issued2020-11en
dc.description.abstractStochastic plateau production functions provide improved fertilizer recommendations based on multi-year agronomic experiments where weather and other stochastic variables change over time. This research assesses the profitability of no-tillage corn production in northeastern Colorado and determines economically optimal nitrogen fertilizer rates. It also proposes an alternative parameterization of the linear response stochastic plateau model which provides a robustness check against traditional parameterizations. Results show the current use of nitrogen fertilizer in the area exceeds estimated economically optimal levels. This suggests that a reduction in nitrogen use could increase expected profits and simultaneously reduce environmental costs.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesThis work was supported by Virginia Tech Cooperative Agreement Number 58-3012-7-007 with USDA/ARS; and by Hatch Project VA 136247 Regional project NC-1034.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech [58-3012-7-007]; USDA/ARSUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA)USDA Agricultural Research Service [58-3012-7-007]; Hatch ProjectUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA) [VA 136247, NC-1034]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2020.23en
dc.identifier.eissn2056-7405en
dc.identifier.issn1074-0708en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.otherPII S1074070820000231en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/102638en
dc.identifier.volume52en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsPublic Domainen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/en
dc.subjectcornen
dc.subjectlinear response stochastic plateauen
dc.subjectMonte Carloen
dc.subjectNitrogenen
dc.subjectno-tillageen
dc.subjectnon-linear mixed-effects modelsen
dc.subjectrandom parametersen
dc.subjectswitching regressionen
dc.titleEstimating Economically Optimal Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer in No-Tillage Continuous Cornen
dc.title.serialJournal of Agricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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