LEADING INDICATORS FOR REGIONAL COTTON RESPONSE: STRUCTURAL AND TIME SERIES MODELING RESULTS

Stavriotis, Paul A.; Houston, Jack E.; McIntosh, Christopher S.; Turner, Steven C.

LEADING INDICATORS FOR REGIONAL COTTON RESPONSE: STRUCTURAL AND TIME SERIES MODELING RESULTS

Stavriotis, Paul A. ; Houston, Jack E. ; McIntosh, Christopher S. ; Turner, Steven C.

Resurging southeastern cotton production compels better cotton acreage forecasts for planning seed, chemical, and other input requirements. Structural models describe leading acreage response indicators, and forecasts are compared time-series models. Cotton price, loan rate, deficiency payments, lagged corn acreage, the PIK program, and previous cotton yield significantly influence response.

Subject(s):

Crop Production/Industries

Issue Date:

1998

Publication Type:

Working or Discussion Paper

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/16717

PURL Identifier:

http://purl.umn.edu/16717

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