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Early adoption, experience, and farm performance of GM corn seeds
Article first published online: 30 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00616.x
© 2012 International Association of Agricultural Economists
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How to Cite
Aldana, U., Barham, B., Foltz, J. and Useche, P. (2012), Early adoption, experience, and farm performance of GM corn seeds. Agricultural Economics, 43: 11–18. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00616.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 5 NOV 2012
- Article first published online: 30 AUG 2012
- Received 11 February 2011; received in revised form 21 October 2011; accepted 8 May 2012
Keywords:
- D81;
- D83;
- Q12;
- O33
- GM technology;
- Learning;
- Uncertainty
Abstract
The current article explores the characteristics that distinguish early from late adopters of GM corn and measures the productivity impacts of early adoption, for a sample of farmers in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The results of the adoption analysis confirm that size, education as well as specialization are positively correlated with early adoption. In addition, these results also show that farms that are mostly worked by family labor but hire some off-farm labor are more likely to adopt GM seeds earlier in the diffusion process. The productivity analysis demonstrates the superiority of stacked varieties. At the same time, we find no evidence of a direct impact of experience on yields. Given the previously documented impact of early adoption on the use of stacked varieties, we conclude that experience plays a role through the adoption of these new technologies but does not play a role in allowing the producer to use the technology more efficiently, once it has been adopted.