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Risk and Site Factors Affecting Potential Nitrogen Delivery in the Virginia Coastal Plain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Wei Peng  and
Darrell J. Bosch
Wei Peng
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Darrell J. Bosch
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Abstract

The effects of cropland slope, distance to surface water, farmers' risk attitudes, and farmers' nitrogen (N) fertilizer applications on potential N delivery to streams and costs of reducing N delivery were evaluated for a representative Virginia peanut-cotton farm. Target MOTAD and generalized stochastic dominance were used to select preferred plans for different levels of risk aversion. Costs of reducing N delivery were lower on farms where fields were located close to surface water, where N was overapplied relative to extension fertilizer recommendations, and where the operator was risk averse. Cropland slope had less effect on cost of reducing N delivery relative to other factors.

Keywords

costnonpoint source pollutionrisk programmingsimulationstochastic dominancetargeting
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , April 2001 , pp. 173 - 188
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2001

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