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Determinants of Kansas Farmers' Participation in On-Farm Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

B. K. Goodwin ,
B. W. Schurle ,
D. W. Norman ,
S. G. Freyenberger ,
L. E. Bloomquist  and
D. L. Regehr
B. K. Goodwin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
B. W. Schurle
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan
D. W. Norman
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan
S. G. Freyenberger
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan
L. E. Bloomquist
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University, Manhattan
D. L. Regehr
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan
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Abstract

On-farm research (OFR) has increased in popularity in the U.S. in recent years due to heightened interest in sustainability issues, the likely decline in resources available for agricultural research, and increasing pressures for accountability and responsiveness to state and local needs. Information relating to OFR was obtained from 431 commercial Kansas farmers. Data were analyzed to determine the degree of OFR being implemented, and three models were estimated to identify which farmer/farm characteristics influenced its implementation. The results indicate that OFR is commonly implemented, and that several farm/farmer characteristics are related to the degree of OFR initiated. It is proposed that to maximize the return from externally initiated OFR, there would be merit in focusing attention on farms/farmers with those characteristics.

Keywords

farmer attitudesfarmer participationfarming systems researchon-farm researchsustainable agriculture
Type
Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , December 1997 , pp. 385 - 396
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1998

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