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Farmersâ€™ Participation in Agritourism: Does It Affect the Bottom Line?

Joo, Hyunjeong; Khanal, Aditya R.; Mishra, Ashok K. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 42 (2013) 3

Agritourism is an alternative source of farm income. We examine farmersâ€™ participation in agritourism activities to assess the impact of participation on farm household income and return to assets using a large farm-level survey. The results reveal that older, educated, and female...

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Intensity of Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption by Cotton Producers

Paxton, Kenneth W.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Chintawar, Sachin; … - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 1

Many studies on the adoption of precision technologies have generally used logit models to explain the adoption behavior of individuals. This study investigates factors affecting the intensity of precision agriculture technologies adopted by cotton farmers. Particular attention is given to the...

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Use of Direct Marketing Strategies by Farmers and Their Impact on Farm Business Income

Uematsu, Hiroki; Mishra, Ashok K. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 1

Direct marketing strategies increasingly have been recognized as a viable business option in U.S. agriculture as they … number of direct marketing strategies adopted by farmers. Then we estimated a quantile regression model to assess the impact … of the intensity of adoption of direct marketing strategies on gross cash farm income. The results show that the …

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Internet Access and Internet Purchasing Patterns of Farm Households

Mishra, Ashok K.; Williams, Robert P.; Detre, Joshua D. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 38 (2009) 2

The Internet is becoming an increasingly important management tool in production agriculture. Using data from the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) and a double-hurdle estimation approach, we explore the adoption of computers with Internet access by and Internet purchasing...

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Effect of Farm Income and Off-Farm Wage Variability on Off-Farm Labor Supply

Mishra, Ashok K.; Holthausen, Duncan M. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 31 (2002) 2

This study models the effects of variability in farm income and off-farm wages on farm operators' labor allocation decisions. A simple theoretical model is employed to develop hypotheses, which are then tested empirically. Variability in farm income and off-farm wages is predicted to have a...

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Farm Wealth Inequality Within and Across States in the United States

Erickson, Kenneth W.; Moss, Charles B.; Mishra, Ashok K. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 35 (2006) 2

This paper uses Theil's (1979) entropy-based measure of inequality and farm-level data to examine changes in farm business wealth (farm equity) of farm households. The farms associated with farm households are grouped by state into ten regions of the United States. The Theil entropy measure is...

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An Empirical Analysis of Internet Use by U.S. Farmers

Mishra, Ashok K.; Park, Timothy A. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 34 (2005) 2

The Internet may reduce constraints on a farmerÂ’s ability to receive and manage information, regardless of where the farm is located or when the information is used. Using a count data estimation procedure, this study attempts to examine the key farm, operator, regional, and household...

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