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Internet Access and Internet Purchasing Patterns of Farm Households

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Ashok K. Mishra ,
Robert P. Williams  and
Joshua D. Detre
Ashok K. Mishra
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University AgCenter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Robert P. Williams
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington, D.C.
Joshua D. Detre
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University AgCenter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Abstract

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 patterns of farm households. Adoption of the Internet is positively related to age and education of the operator, off-farm work, presence of spouse, participation in government programs, farm size, and regional location of the farm. Internet purchasing patterns of farm households are positively related to the education of the operator and spouse, presence of teenagers, and regional location of the farm. Finally, farm businesses and their households are more likely to purchase a greater percentage of non-durable goods through the Internet as distances to markets increase.

Keywords

adoption of Interneteducationfarm sizefarm householdsInternetdouble–hurdle modelfarm businessmajor household itemsminor farm inputs
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , October 2009 , pp. 240 - 257
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Copyright © 2009 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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