Characterizing the Decision Process in Setting Corn and Soybean Seeding Rates

Authors

David A. Hennessy, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Alexander J. Lindsey, The Ohio State UniversityFollow
Yuyuan Che, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Laura E. Lindsey, The Ohio State UniversityFollow
Maninder Pal Singh, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Hongli Feng, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Elizabeth M. Hawkins, The Ohio State UniversityFollow
Sakthi Subburayalu, Central State UniversityFollow
Roy Black, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Eric A. Richer, The Ohio State UniversityFollow
Daniel S. OchsFollow

Volume

60

Issue

1

DOI

10.34068/joe.60.01.03

Abstract

Selecting optimal corn and soybean seeding rates are difficult decisions to make. A survey of Ohio and Michigan farm operators finds that, although generally keen to learn from others, they tend to emphasize their own experience over outside information sources. Soybean growers declare university and extension recommendations as more important than do corn growers. In response to direct queries and in free comments, growers place more emphasis on understanding the agronomic and technological problems at hand than on adjusting to the market environment. Given the decision environment, we argue that these responses are reasonable.

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Recommended Citation

Hennessy, D. A., Lindsey, A. J., Che, Y., Lindsey, L. E., Singh, M., Feng, H., Hawkins, E. M., Subburayalu, S., Black, R., Richer, E. A., & Ochs, D. S. (2022). Characterizing the Decision Process in Setting Corn and Soybean Seeding Rates. The Journal of Extension, 60(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.60.01.03