Farmer attitudes toward technological changes affecting grain handling and quality

Hill, L.D. and Brophy, J.P. and Zhang, S. and et al, . (1991) Farmer attitudes toward technological changes affecting grain handling and quality. Technical Report. Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana-Champaign,Illinois.

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Abstract

According tothe 1986 survey, the majority of farmers still favor the current grades and standards. Increasing concerns about the quality problems in corn and soybeans were expressed in their remarks and appeals for change, but many farmers still believe that changes would be unfavorable to their economicinterests. Among the factors they would like to see changed, BCFM in corn and splits in soybeans ranked the highest. There was evidences that farmers recognized that some change might be to their disadvantage individually, but would benefit the industry as a whole. The best example was found insupport by more than 50 percent of the respondents for legislative action to reduce foreign material in the market channel, despite their reluctance to make changes in grading practices at their individual point of sale. Farmers recognized that removal of all price differentials for quality, whenapplied to the entire industry, would affect prices and would not be a good strategy. A majority of farmers supported the use of discounts and price differentials as necessary to improve quality...

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Zea mays; Glycine max; Postharvest treatment; Grain dryers; Farmers's attitudes; Technical Progress; Case studies; Grain quality; USA, RP7837
Author Affiliation:	University of Illinois, USA
Subjects:	Plant Production > Farming Systems
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Mr Daneti Raju
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2014 08:56
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2014 08:56
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12669

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