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Table A.10
OLS estimation: Cropsharing and crop variability
FRACTION
CROPSHARE
=
(0.43)*CONSTANT
−
(0.08)*CV +
(0.02)*BC79 +
(0.28)*LA
(3.82)
(0.17)
(0.24)
(3.13)
+
(0.19)*SD
+
(0.33)*NE
(2.08)
(3.64)
Table A.11
Price-yield correlations for various crops at the state or province level
CROP
British Columbia
Louisiana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Alfalfa
NA
NA
0.220
NA
Apples
−
0.009
NA
NA
NA
Barley
0.025
NA
0.060
−
0.588*
Corn (Irrigated)
NA
NA
−
0.449
−
0.578
Corn (Dryland)
NA
NA
−
0.411
−
0.665
Corn (All)
NA
−
0.239
NA
NA
Cotton
NA
−
0.288
NA
NA
Hay
NA
0.267
NA
NA
Oats
133
NA
−
0.709*
−
0.727*
Canola
0.568
NA
NA
NA
−
0.470
Sorghum (Irrigated)
NA
NA
NA
−
Sorghum (Dryland)
NA
NA
0.576*
NA
Sorghum (All)
NA
−
0.266
NA
−
0.407
Sugarcane
NA
−
0.026
NA
NA
Soybeans (Irrigated)
NA
NA
−
0.172
NA
Soybeans (Dryland)
NA
NA
−
0.414
NA
Soybeans (All)
NA
NA
0.135
−
0.404
Rice
0.275
−
0.652*
NA
NA
Wheat
NA
0.208
−
0.235
−
0.278
Note:
NA = not available.
∗
significant at the 5 percent level.
Sources:
Nebraska Agricultural Statistical Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, report prepared for Dean
Lueck. “Historic Estimates, Principal Crops, South Dakota” (no other information on this available). South Dakota
Agricultural Statistical Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Agricultural Statistics & Prices for Louisiana
1985-1991,” Hector Zapata and David Frank, Louisiana Agricultural Statistics Service. “Agricultural Statistics
& Prices for Louisiana 1986-1992,” Hector Zapata, Louisiana Agricultural Statistics Service. British Columbia
Ministry of Agriculture, internal statistics, 1994.
