The economics of agricultural information: Factors affecting commercial farmers' information strategies in ohio

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 853-872

  Diekmann, Florian ^a   Loibl, Cäzilia ^a   Batte, Marvin T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71949122958     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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