ABSTRACT

Probit analysis of responses from a 2001 survey of cotton farmers in six southeastern states was used to determine the factors that influenced cotton farmers to adopt site-specific information gathering technologies and variable rate input application technologies. Farm size, land quality, college attendance, the farmer’s age, and the farmer’s perceptions about the future profitability and importance of cotton precision farming were significant factors affecting the adoption of site-specific information gathering technologies. Adoption of variable rate input application technologies was influenced by farm size, land tenure, the farmer’s age, the farmer’s knowledge about the costs and potential benefits of precision farming, and the farmer’s perceptions about the future profitability and importance of cotton precision farming.