The impacts of crop yield and price volatility on producers' cropping patterns: A dynamic optimal crop rotation model

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Cai, Ruohong ^a   Mullen, Jeffrey D ^b   Wetzstein, Michael E ^b   Bergstrom, John C ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acreage response; Crop rotation; The Bellman equation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EQUATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84892516043     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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