Is irrigated farm more efficient than non-irrigated no-tillage farm and non-irrigated conventional farm for a sample of Kansas corn farmer?

International Conference on Agriculture, Environment, and Food Security 2018

农业科学;生态环境科学

Wibowo, R.P.^1

Agribusiness Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sumatera, Utara, Indonesia^1

关键词: High price;    Input allocations;    No tillage;    Overall efficiency;    Relative efficiency;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/260/1/012019/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/260/1/012019

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The corn farmer has benefited from high corn price. However, the corn price falls from its high price in 2012 to as low as $ 4.46 per bushel in 2013. The drop in corn price and intense competition from the global grain markets make farms that are non-efficient struggle economically. Pure technical, overall, allocative and scale efficiency were measured to analyze the competitiveness of a sample of Kansas corn farmers. Farmers increased their relative efficiency during drought in 2012. Government payment was found to be negatively correlated with efficiency for non-irrigated farms. Interest expenditure might have negative impact on input allocation for irrigated and non-irrigated conventional farms. Irrigated farms should focus on increasing acreage land to increase overall efficiency. On the other hand, non-irrigated conventional farm should focus their effort to enhance overall efficiency by increasing seed inputs.