infield or perimeter-field conservation structures are correlated with the field acreage allocation
decision for corn production.
The theoretical approach, based on prior work by Kim, et al. (CJAE 2005), compares cost
functions across alternative conservation technologies by conservation program participants and
non-participants. First, letting ci,p(yi,p) and cj,p(yj,p) be per acre cost functions (where y is per acre
yields) for the ith and jth technologies for the pth program participation class (p = 1, 2 for
conservation program participants and non-participants, respectively), there exists for the pth
participation class an acreage supply function Aj(yj) for the jth conservation or production practice
such that:
(1) aρi,j(p) = Aj,p(yj,p),
where a = yi / yj and a conservation or production technology cost relationship such that:
(2) ci,p(yi,p(x1, x2, .., xn)) = aρi, j(p) cj,p(yj,p(x1, x2, .., xn)) = Aj,p(yj,p) cj,p(yj,p(x1, x2, .., xn)),
where ρi,,j(p) is the relative cost elasticity of relative output for the ith and jth technology and pth
participation class, a is constant, and xk is the kth input per acre. If the production function, yj,p(x1,
x2, .., xn), is linearly homogeneous, then the cost relationship holds. (However, the cost relationship
does not imply that production is linearly homogeneous.)
With minor mathematical application, and applying Shephard’s lemma, we obtain an
equation for acreage shares for the jth technology and pth participation class relative to the kth input
cost shares, for example, [∂ln Aj,p(yj,p) / ∂lnPk] = [px-(yi,p) / ci,p(yi,p)] - [pχ1(yj,p) / cj,p(yj,p)]
where pk is the kth per unit input price (k = 1, 2, . . . , n). The associated derived acreage function for
the jth conservation or production technology and Pth participation class has the following
exponential form:
7 Structural practices may include field (and/or conservation tract) acres devoted to terraces, infield vegetative buffers,
stream-side forest buffers, windbreaks, field borders, grassed waterways, hedgerow plantings, stream-side herbaceous
buffers, infield contour buffers, filter strips, critical area plantings, and grade stabilization structures.
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