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| Title: | Preference for Risk Management Information Sources: Implications for Extension and Outreach Programming |
| Authors: | Rejesus, Roderick M.
Knight, Thomas O.
Jaramillo, Mauricio
Coble, Keith H.
Patrick, George F.
Baquet, Alan E. |
| Keywords: | crop insurance
extension
information sources
outreach
risk management |
| Issue Date: | 2008-04 |
| Abstract: | This article examines farmers’ preferences for various risk management information sources.
Our results suggest that information from risk management experts, in-depth materials studied
on their own, and popular press outlets tend to be preferred and are ranked highly by producers.
Using a regression model to investigate farmer/farm attributes that affect preference for a
particular risk management information source, we find that younger farmers with college
education, higher leverage, assets greater than $1 million, risk-loving attitudes, and who have
used professional services (marketing consultants) tend to prefer information from risk management
experts, the Internet, and marketing clubs/other producers. On the other hand, producers
who prefer self-study of educational materials and popular press information sources
tend to be younger, with lower leverage levels, and have used fewer professional services. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/44742 |
| Institution/Association: | Agricultural and Resource Economics Review>Volume 37, Number 1, April 2008 |
| Total Pages: | 11 |
| From Page: | 106 |
| To Page: | 116 |
| Collections: | Volume 37, Number 1, April 2008
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