Automation, productivity, and profitability: evidence from farmersâ use of auto-steer systems

J. McFadden; A. Rosburg

Automation, productivity, and profitability: evidence from farmersâ use of auto-steer systems

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Pages:: 1075â1081

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004725232_141

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This study developed and applied a conceptual model of farmersâ auto-steer adoption, time use, and crop productivity. Comprehensive microdata from U.S. farms were used to estimate a production function that accounts for farmersâ auto-steer use, steering time, and other inputs. The regression analysis suggests that auto-steer has small but significant effects on output after controlling for a wide variety of crops, regions, years, and farm sizes. Production inputs have above-average substitutability, suggesting that automated steering can partially reduce time needed for steering and other farm work tasks.

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Precision agriculture '25

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