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Updating Corn Program Payment Yields: Are Farm Operators Differentially Affected?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Sharon Thayer ,
Carl Zulauf ,
Gary Schnitkey  and
Lynn Forster
Sharon Thayer
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
Carl Zulauf
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
Gary Schnitkey
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
Lynn Forster
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
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Abstract

Crop yields which determine farm income deficiency payments have been frozen at 1981-1985 levels since 1986. Data from a longitudinal survey of Ohio farm operators are analyzed to evaluate whether updating payment yields will differentially affect farm operators. Results of the analysis imply that farm operators who operate larger farms, live in counties with higher yields, and have higher fertilizer and pesticide expenses per acre of corn will benefit more. In addition, low (high) existing payment yields are understated (overstated) relative to updated payment yields.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , October 1994 , pp. 236 - 241
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Copyright © 1994 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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