Energy and the use of conservation tillage in U.S. agriculture
- Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC (United States). Natural Resources Conservation Service
The relationship between energy and the use of conservation tillage is of special importance in addressing concerns about the impact of agricultural production on the environment in the United States. It is the subject of this paper. After establishing that a relationship exists between the price of energy and the use of conservation tillage via Granger causality, the relationship is quantified. It is shown that while the real price of crude oil, the proxy used for the price of energy, does not affect the rate of adoption of conservation tillage, it does impact the extent to which it is used. Finally, there is no structural instability in the relationship between the relative use of conservation tillage and the real price of crude oil over the period 1963 to 1997.
- OSTI ID:
- 697138
- Journal Information:
- Energy Sources, Journal Name: Energy Sources Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 21; ISSN 0090-8312; ISSN EGYSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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