Off-Farm Employment Effects on Adoption of Nutrient Management Practices
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Off-farm income as a share of total farm household income has been increasing. Previous studies found inconsistent results regarding the impact of off-farm income on adoption of conservation practices. We test the hypothesis that off-farm employment has a positive impact on adoption of capital incentive practices and a negative impact on adoption of labor-intensive practices. The results confirm that adoption of injecting manure into the soil, a capital intensive
practice, is positively and significantly impacted by off-farm employment of the
operator. However, off-farm employment variables had no effect on adoption of record
keeping.