Search Results - "Bullock, David S"

Causal forest approach for site-specific input management via on-farm precision experimentation by Kakimoto, Shunkei, Mieno, Taro, Tanaka, Takashi S.T., Bullock, David S

“…•Causal forest is a novel machine learning method focusing on the identification of heterogeneous causal effects of treatment unlike the conventional machine…”
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Toward an effective approach for on-farm experimentation: lessons learned from a case study of fertilizer application optimization in Japan by Tanaka, Takashi S. T., Mieno, Taro, Tanabe, Ryoya, Matsui, Tsutomu, Bullock, David S.

“…On-farm experimentation (OFE) is increasing worldwide. Appropriate OFE procedures may differ depending on the characteristics and circumstances surrounding…”
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A discussion of the market and policy failures associated with the adoption of herbicide-tolerant crops by Desquilbet, Marion, Bullock, David S., D'Arcangelo, Filippo Maria

“…Weed control in the U.S. Midwest has become increasingly herbicide-centric due to the adoption of herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops in the 1990s. That integrated…”
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The Economic Impact of New Technology Adoption on the U.S. Apple Industry by Busdieker-Jesse, Nichole L., Nogueira, Lia, Onal, Hayri, Bullock, David S.

“…We develop a temporal and spatial partial equilibrium model to evaluate the welfare impact of new technology on the apple industry to control fire blight. We…”
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The economic performances of different trial designs in on-farm precision experimentation: a Monte Carlo evaluation by Li, Xiaofei, Mieno, Taro, Bullock, David S.

“…On-farm precision experimentation (OFPE) has expanded rapidly over the past few years. While the importance of OFPE trial design efficiency has been…”
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The Data‐Intensive Farm Management Project: Changing Agronomic Research Through On‐Farm Precision Experimentation by Bullock, David S., Boerngen, Maria, Tao, Haiying, Maxwell, Bruce, Luck, Joe D., Shiratsuchi, Luciano, Puntel, Laila, Martin, Nicolas F.

“…The Data‐Intensive Farm Management (DIFM) project works with participating farmers, using precision technology to inexpensively design and run randomized…”
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Towards a theory of policy timing by Mittenzwei, Klaus, Bullock, David S, Salhofer, Klaus

“…The article presents a theory of policy timing that relies on uncertainty and transaction costs to explain the optimal timing and duration of policy reforms…”
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The value of conducting on-farm field trials using precision agriculture technology: a theory and simulations by Bullock, David S., Mieno, Taro, Hwang, Jaeseok

“…The objectives of this article are to examine the practicality of on-farm precision experiments to sufficiently lower the costs of acquiring the information…”
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An economic evaluation of site-specific input application Rx maps: evaluation framework and case study by Gardner, Grant, Mieno, Taro, Bullock, David S.

“…Commercial consultants frequently sell site-specific crop input management recommendation maps ( R x s) to their farmer-clients. This study proposes a method…”
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Can machine learning models provide accurate fertilizer recommendations? by Tanaka, Takashi S. T., Heuvelink, Gerard B. M., Mieno, Taro, Bullock, David S.

“…Accurate modeling of site-specific crop yield response is key to providing farmers with accurate site-specific economically optimal input rates (EOIRs)…”
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An Expected Value of Sample Information (EVSI) Approach for Estimating the Payoff from a Variable Rate Technology by Queiroz, Pedro W V, Perrin, Richard K, Fulginiti, Lilyan E, Bullock, David S

“…This paper examines the expected payoff to variable rate technology for fertilizer application in terms of a Bayesian expectation of the value of sample…”
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Balancing public goods in agriculture through safe minimum standards by Bullock, David S., Mittenzwei, Klaus, Wangsness, Paal B.

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Social Welfare Effects of Transparency and Misinformation in a Political Economy by Bullock, David S., Mittenzwei, Klaus, Josling, Timothy E.

“…We present a game-theoretical model arguing that greater public transparency does not necessarily lead to higher social welfare. Political agents can benefit…”
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Who Pays the Costs of Non-GMO Segregation and Identity Preservation? by Desquilbet, Marion, Bullock, David S.

“…Our aim is to explore who pays the costs and who reaps the benefits of maintaining a dual-market system of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and non-GMOs…”
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Innovation in GMOs, technological gap, demand lag, and trade by Oliveira, Paulo Ricardo S., Silveira, Jose Maria F. J. da, Bullock, David S.

“…The nexus of innovation and trade is commonly analyzed in terms of technological gaps and market‐share gains for innovating countries. However, this…”
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Multidisciplinary Teams: A Necessity for Research in Precision Agriculture Systems by Bullock, D.S, Kitchen, N, Bullock, D.G

“…Precision agriculture may offer great promise for the future, but extensive research is required if that promise is to be realized. The research will not be…”
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On the proportionality of EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations: A comment by Desquilbet, Marion, Bullock, David S.

“…In their recent article in this journal, Demont et al. (2009) discuss the effects of alternative spatial ex ante coexistence regulations (SEACERs) in the…”
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Measuring producer welfare under output price uncertainty and risk non-neutrality by Bullock, David S., Garcia, Philip, Shin, Kie‐Yup

“…Procedures to measure the producer welfare effects of changes in an output price distribution under uncertainty are reviewed. Theory and numerical integration…”
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Using Spatial Analysis to Study the Values of Variable Rate Technology and Information by Bullock, David S., Lowenberg-DeBoer, James

“…For adoption of variable rate technology to increase, more knowledge of how crop yields respond to inputs is needed. As the necessary agronomic research…”
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Value of Variable Rate Technology: An Information-Theoretic Approach by Bullock, David S, Ruffo, Matías L, Bullock, Donald G, Bollero, Germán A

“…We present a theoretical treatment of the economics of variable rate technology and its interplay with information. The framework facilitates description of…”
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