Impacts of Urbanization on Costs of Production and Land Use in the Heartland, Southern Seaboard, and Prairie Gateway: A Farm-Level Analysis

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dc.creatorNehring, Richard
dc.creatorErickson, Kenneth
dc.creatorHarris, Michael
dc.creatorHallahan, Charlie
dc.creatorKatchova, Ani
dc.date2017-04-01T19:43:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T10:32:56Z
dc.descriptionThis study uses stochastic production frontier (SPF) methods to estimate the impact of urban influence on the cost of production for traditional corn/soybeans farms in the Heartland (excepting Missouri), the Southern Seaboard (excepting Virginia and Alabama) and the Prairie Gateway. We hypothesize that urban influence decreases the technical efficiency of these farms. Although these regions are not entirely subject to urban influence, some parts of these areas are. We find that farmers in urban-influenced locations are less technically efficient than farmers in rural locations in all three regions examined. During 2002-2014, stochastic production frontier procedures indicate that increasing urban influence leads to a significant decrease in technical efficiency. Our statistical analysis clearly bears out the refrain in popular literature that urban proximity raises the cost for, and decreases the viability of, traditional farms.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.235920
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/235920/files/May24UrbanizationSubmissiontext%20docx.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/235920
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/619813
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/235920
dc.titleImpacts of Urbanization on Costs of Production and Land Use in the Heartland, Southern Seaboard, and Prairie Gateway: A Farm-Level Analysis
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