Table 4 Estimated marginal effects for the unconditional and conditional adoption of no-tillage, cover crops and manure
| Variables | Unconditional practice adoption | Conditional adoption | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No-tillage | Cover crops | Use of manure | Cover crops given no-tillage adopted | Use of manure given no-tillage adopted | |
| KW factor |
− 1.246*** (0.446) |
0.427 (0.305) |
0.067 (0.263) |
0.048 (0.274) |
0.515* (0.313) |
| Available water content |
2.635*** (0.815) |
− 0.900 (0.587) |
− 0.202 (0.474) |
0.014 (0.496) |
− 1.002* (0.569) |
| Std slope |
− 0.0028 (0.0076) |
0.0024 (0.0044) |
− 0.0080* (0.0049) |
− 0.0040 (0.0052) |
− 0.0019 (0.0053) |
| Farm size |
0.00010*** (0.000014) |
− 0.0000019 (0.0000080) |
0.0000013 (0.0000065) |
− 0.0000035 (0.0000053) |
0.00000029 (0.0000011) |
| Rental percentage |
0.157*** (0.034) |
− 0.012 (0.024) |
0.0060 (0.019) |
0.021 (0.016) |
0.013 (0.020) |
| Irrigation percentage |
0.118 (0.094) |
− 0.184 (0.123) |
0.048 (0.037) |
− 0.093 (0.071) |
0.041 (0.045) |
| EQIP and CSP |
0.124*** (0.038) |
0.041** (0.019) |
0.00062 (0.023) |
0.030* (0.017) |
0.017 (0.019) |
| Experience |
− 0.0014* (0.00076) |
− 0.00023 (0.00043) |
− 0.00077* (0.00048) |
0.00011 (0.00046) |
− 0.00096* (0.00058) |
| Risk avoider |
− 0.015 (0.022) |
− 0.022* (0.013) |
0.0015 (0.013) |
− 0.024* (0.014) |
− 0.012 (0.016) |
| Off_Farm employ |
0.068*** (0.023) |
− 0.0065 (0.014) |
− 0.0044 (0.013) |
0.0074 (0.014) |
− 0.011 (0.015) |
| Crop insurance |
0.030 (0.023) |
− 0.017 (0.013) |
− 0.015 (0.013) |
− 0.0085 (0.014) |
− 0.024 (0.016) |
| Gender |
0.102** (0.052) |
− 0.043* (0.023) |
− 0.017 (0.033) |
− 0.051** (0.026) |
− 0.067** (0.031) |
| College |
0.068*** (0.024) |
− 0.016 (0.015) |
0.024* (0.013) |
− 0.0034 (0.013) |
0.0048 (0.015) |
| Livestock |
− 0.055** ( 0.024) |
− 0.012 (0.013) |
0.081*** (0.019) |
0.0022 (0.013) |
0.061*** (0.018) |
| West |
0.021 (0.033) |
− 0.021 (0.018) |
0.032* (0.019) |
− 0.019 (0.020) |
0.047** (0.022) |
| East |
0.098*** (0.029) |
− 0.064*** (0.022) |
0.028* (0.017) |
− 0.036** (0.018) |
0.036* (0.020) |
| Average PZ |
− 0.100 (0.123) |
− 0.094 (0.079) |
0.089 (0.074) |
0.062 (0.080) |
0.055 (0.076) |
| Std PZ |
0.102 (0.116) |
0.011 (0.073) |
− 0.106 (0.067) |
− 0.088 (0.073) |
− 0.108 (0.082) |