@article{Parks:333799,
      recid = {333799},
      author = {Parks, John R.},
      title = {Pesticide Use on Fall Potatoes in the Northeast Region,  1979},
      address = {1982-05},
      number = {1486-2023-521},
      series = {ERS Staff Report No. AGES 820518},
      pages = {30},
      year = {1982},
      note = {The sample design was a two-stage multiple frame sample.   Sample fields were selected from a list of known growers  (list frame) maintained by the SSO's.  In addition, area  tracts (area frame) were selected to insure that all  growers had an opportunity to be included in the sample.   Sample fields were randomly selected, and the probability  of being selected was proportional to field size.  The  expansion factor for the State was derived by dividing the  planted acres by  the completed questionnaires.  Out of 490  sample questionnaires 393 were completed.},
      abstract = {A survey of pesticides used in fall potato production was  conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1979.   Information is reported for Maine, New York, and  Pennsylvania.  An estimated 3.5 million pounds (active  ingredient) of pesticides were used.  Of the 188,500 acres  planted to potatoes in the Northeast region, at least 96  percent were treated with a herbicide, fungicide, and/or  insecticide.  Almost 2.5 million acre-treatments of  pesticides were made in 1979, averaging 1.4 pounds (a.i.)  per acre-treatment.  Coefficients of variation were  calculated for acres treated with specific pesticides.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333799},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.333799},
}