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Demand for Plant Nutrients in Tennessee Disaggregated by Mixed Fertilizers and Direct Application Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

Roland K. Roberts  and
Peter V. Garrod
Roland K. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Peter V. Garrod
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Hawaii, Manoa
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Abstract

When obtaining nitrogen (N), phosphate (P) and potash (K), purchasing decisions concerning the quantity and the form of each plant nutrient must be made. Logit models are estimated for the choice-of-form decision by considering those variables influencing the probability that plant nutrients will be purchased in Tennessee as part of a mixed fertilizer or as direct application materials. Parameter and elasticity estimates can be used by fertilizer manufacturers and distributors to anticipate changes in the composition of demand for plant nutrients in Tennessee.

Keywords

plant nutrientsfertilizerdemandlogit modelinputs

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , December 1987 , pp. 145 - 151
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1987

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