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Trade-Off Analysis of Herbicide Withdrawals on Agricultural Production and Groundwater Quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Shiping Liu ,
Gerald A. Carlson  and
Dana L. Hoag
Shiping Liu
Affiliation:
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Gerald A. Carlson
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Dana L. Hoag
Affiliation:
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Abstract

This study examines the trade-off between agricultural production and groundwater contamination potential for ten potential herbicide cancellations. Theoretical and empirical models are developed for estimating losses in consumer and producer benefits in the agricultural commodity market and changes in groundwater quality. Using com and soybean production in the southeastern Coastal Plain as a study area, the analysis concludes that (1) effects of herbicide cancellations on groundwater quality can be very significant; (2) a cancellation does not guarantee groundwater quality improvement; (3) effects of a multiple cancellation are different from the summation of the effects of independent cancellations; and (4) weed density has a very strong effect on losses to farmers and consumers from cancellations, but output demand and supply elasticities do not.

Keywords

herbicide cancellationscorn/soybean supply shiftsand groundwater quality
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , July 1995 , pp. 283 - 300
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1995

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