Agricultural Production and Productivity in Canada

Weed Management Costs, Weed Best Management Practices, and the Roundup Ready Weed Management Program

Roundup Ready® (RR) crops have been widely adopted because they provide significant benefits to growers, but glyphosate-resistant weeds threaten the sustainability of these benefits.

Pricing of Herbicide-Tolerant Soybean Seeds: A Market-Structure Approach

This article investigates the effects of supply-side factors on the pricing of soybean seeds in the United States. We discuss recent trends that have shaped the US soybean seed market.

The Production Performance of China's Transforming Agriculture

Characteristics of Herbicides and Weed-Management Programs Most Important to Corn, Cotton, and Soybean Growers

The introduction and rapid adoption of herbicide-tolerant crops has renewed interest in better understanding the characteristics of herbicides and weed-management programs that are important to growers besides profitability.

Effects of Weed Resistance Concerns and Resistance Management Practices on the Value of Roundup Ready Crops

This study estimates grower benefits of Roundup-Ready (RR) weed management programs and how weed-resistance concerns and resistance-management practices affect those benefits.

Genetically Modified Crops and Household Labor Savings in US Crop Production

In spite of widespread adoption, there is mixed evidence as to whether adopting genetically modified (GM) crops increases farm welfare.

Adoption of Best Management Practices to Control Weed Resistance by Corn, Cotton, and Soybean Growers

This study examined adoption of 10 best management practices (BMPs) to control weed resistance to herbicides using data from a survey of more than 1,000 US corn, cotton, and soybean growers.

Simultaneous Diffusion of Herbicide Resistant Cotton and Conservation Tillage

This study used state-level data from 1997-2002 to econometrically estimate factors explaining the diffusion of two technologies by US cotton producers: herbicide-resistant (HR) cotton seed varieties and conservation tillage.

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