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Economics of Herbicide use on Corn (Zea mays) and Soybeans (Glycine max) in Ontario

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Marvin Stemeroff ,
Clarence J. Swanton ,
Allan S. Hamill  and
Rudy H. Brown
Marvin Stemeroff
Affiliation:
Deloitte Haskins and Sells Assoc., 386 Woolwich St., Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H 3W6
Clarence J. Swanton
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop Science, Univ. Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Allan S. Hamill
Affiliation:
Agric. Can., Harrow Res. Stn., Harrow, Ontario, Canada NOR 1G0
Rudy H. Brown
Affiliation:
Dep. Hort. Biol., Ridgetown Coll. Agric. Tech., Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada NOP 2C0
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Abstract

The productivity of herbicides used in corn and soybeans was calculated from field data collected in Ontario from 1967 to 1985. Combinations of preplant incorporated and preemergence treatments were selected and were evaluated to determine their effect on crop yield. Corn and soybean yields increased from herbicide use, thereby resulting in a positive net benefit to growers. Benefit/cost ratios for herbicide use in corn and soybeans were calculated to be 2.8/1 and 2.6/1, respectively, at an average price of $132/1000 kg for corn and $275/1000 kg for soybeans. The benefit/cost ratios varied with test location, method of herbicide application, and prevailing market price.

Keywords

Corn, Zea mays L.soybeans, Glycine max (L.)Merr.Net returnbenefit/cost ratioerror analysis
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 466 - 472
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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