Roland K. Roberts1, Burton C. English1, James A. Larson1, Rebecca L. Cochran1, Sherry L. Larkin2, Michele C. Marra3, Steven W. Martin4, Kenneth W. Paxton5, W. Donald Shurley6, W. Robert Goodman7, and Jeanne M. Reeves8. (1) University of Tennessee, 308 Morgan Hall, 2621 Morgan Circle, Knoxville, TN 37996-4518, (2) University of Florida, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, P.O. Box 110240, Gainsville, FL 32611-0240, (3) North Carolina State University, Box 8109 Dept. Agricultural and Resource Economics, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695-8109, (4) Mississippi State University, P. O. Box 69, Stoneville, MS 38776, (5) Louisiana State University, 101 Agricultural Admin. Bldg., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (6) University of Georgia, P.O. Box 1209, Tifton, GA 31793, (7) Auburn University, 202 Comer Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5406, (8) Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27513
In January and February of 2005, a questionnaire was mailed to 12,043 cotton farmers in 11 states to determine their use of precision farming technologies for cotton production. The address list was obtained from the Cotton Board in Memphis, TN. A total of 1,215 cotton farmers returned the questionnaire for a 10% response rate. Response rates ranged from 7% for Georgia to 14% for South Carolina and Tennessee. The 2005 survey was a follow-up of a 2001 survey conducted in six states. Data from the survey are being processed at this writing. The most important findings from the 2005 survey will be presented and compared with the results from the 2001 survey. Uniquely, this survey gathered data on the abandonment of precision farming technologies once adopted. It also obtained responses to questions about the risk and value of information obtained from using yield monitors and GPS guidance systems. The oral presentation will draw attention to a series of posters presenting survey results for individual states and more details about the use of precision farming technologies in the 11-state region.
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