Abstract As digitalization in the agricultural sector has intensified, number of studies addressing adoption and use digital technologies crop production livestock farming also increased. However, trends context small-scale have mainly been excluded from such studies. The focus this paper is on investigating sequential precision agriculture (PA) other technologies, multiple a region southern Germany. An online survey farmers yielded total 2,390 observations, which 1,820 operate field...

Abstract The magnitude of public concerns about agricultural innovations has often been underestimated, as past examples, such pesticides, nanotechnology, and cloning, demonstrate. Indeed, studies have proven that the sector presents an area tension attracts skepticism concerning new technologies. Digital technologies become increasingly popular in agriculture. Yet there are almost no investigations on acceptance digitalization agriculture so far. Our online survey provides initial insights...

Farmers’ attitudes toward field crop robots in a European setting have hardly been studied despite an increasing availability of the technology. Given relevance for small-scale agriculture, however, their acceptability regions dominated by agriculture such as Bavaria, Germany, is particular interest. Based on sample 174 farmers, exploratory investigation factors influencing preference large or small general and specific settings mode operation was carried out. Data were gathered using...

Stochastic weather and soil conditions are the suggested reasons why farmers tend to apply more than recommended levels of nitrogen. This study found that uncertainty plays a role in application decision but not manner typically assumed. Using time series field trials corn yield nitrogen for same site, was be risk‐increasing input suggesting should decrease, rather increase, risk‐averse farmer's rate application. Similarly, viewing risk as profit shortfall, which fertilizer acts insurance,...

The functions of farm management information systems (FMIS) are mostly examined without considering purchasing statistics as an indicator for their actual use and crucial FMIS developers politics.Thus, the present study analyzes categories commercial purchased by farmers within a subsidy program digital technologies in German federal state Bavaria.The were categorized linked to eleven general functions.Correlations between supplied farmers' purchase decisions evaluated.Finally, distribution...

Public acceptance of agricultural technologies is an important determinant their success. In the case autonomous crop robots, recent research from Germany suggests that societal technology plays role for farmer robots. Yet little has been conducted so far into how public perceives like Investigating public's opinion on robots will provide answers to one farmers' questions in decision invest Through consumer segmentation and hypotheses-based characterization, specific groups with differing...

The functions of farm management information systems (FMIS) are mostly examined without considering purchasing statistics as an indicator for their actual use and crucial FMIS developers politics. Thus, the present study analyzes categories commercial purchased by farmers within a subsidy program digital technologies in German federal state Bavaria. were categorized linked to eleven general functions. Correlations between supplied farmers’ purchase decisions evaluated. Finally, distribution...

Reduced tillage results in lower production costs and thus may have economic advantages for farmers. However, yield penalties, specific risks, or higher nutrient requirements counteract the positive effects of reduced tillage. This study investigates long‐term (moldboard plow, deep shallow chisel plow) their interactions with N fertilizer input on yields performance a corn ( Zea mays L.)‐wheat Triticum aestivum L.)‐potato Solanum tuberosum rotation southern Germany. Conventional (CT) systems...

The potential role of irrigation cereals as a response to climate change is under debate. Especially temperate continental conditions empirical evidence crop yield in interaction with nitrogen fertilizer supply rare. Besides mean effects, reduces variance, which may be an incentive for farmers use irrigation. This paper investigates the risk-efficiency cereal production climate, based on data from long term field experiment sandy soil. Irrigation and no winter rye (Secale cereale) barley...

Nitrogen rate trials are often performed to determine the economically optimum <i >N</i> application rate. For this purpose, yield is modeled as a function of application. The regression analysis commonly used estimate functions and economic rate, <svg style="vertical-align:-5.03984pt;width:28.012501px;" id="M1" height="16.612499" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 28.012501 16.612499" width="28.012501" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <g transform="matrix(1.25,0,0,-1.25,0,16.6125)">...

Farm level adaptation can offset some of the negative impacts climate change on agriculture. Thus, it is vital to understand process farmers’ decisions when informing policy interventions. It hypothesized that take actions against are related risk experience as well a range socio-economic variables. Although evidence indicates variables relevant, empirical role limited. The present study assesses whether perceived in terms agricultural production shocks and yield reduction influence adapt....

Purpose Hail risk management is essential for successful farm in German fruit production, particularly because hail events and associated losses have increased recent years. The purpose of this paper to conduct a detailed analysis comparing different strategies manage risk, taking into account farmers’ aversion farm-specific conditions. Design/methodology/approach Within an expected utility framework, two managing are compared: one belonging the group financial instruments (hail insurance)...