Regional economic impacts of Fusarium Head Blight in wheat and barley

Fusarium Head Blight is a fungus affecting wheat and barley in the upper Midwest region of the United States. The purpose of this study is to estimate the direct and secondary regional economic impacts of Fusarium Head Blight infestations from 1998 to 2000. Cumulative direct production and price imp...

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Published in:Applied economic perspectives and policy 2004-09, Vol.26 (3), p.332-347
Main Authors: Nganje, William E., Bangsund, Dean A., Leistritz, F. Larry, Wilson, William W., Tiapo, Napoleon M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Agricultural production
Applied Analyses
Average prices
Barley
Crop diseases
Crop economics
Crop production
durum wheat
Economic impact
Economic impact analysis
economic losses
Economic models
Fusarium
Grains
Hordeum vulgare
Losses
Market prices
prices
Q110
Q160
regression analysis
scab diseases
spring wheat
Studies
Supply
Triticum
Triticum aestivum
Wheat
winter wheat
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Summary:Fusarium Head Blight is a fungus affecting wheat and barley in the upper Midwest region of the United States. The purpose of this study is to estimate the direct and secondary regional economic impacts of Fusarium Head Blight infestations from 1998 to 2000. Cumulative direct production and price impacts from Fusarium Head Blight in hard red spring, soft red winter, durum wheat, and barley are estimated at $871 million over the period, with secondary economic losses of $1.8 billion. The total impacts of $2.7 billion were concentrated in North Dakota and Minnesota, which accounted for 55% of total losses over the period.
ISSN:1058-7195
2040-5790
1467-9353
2040-5804
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9353.2004.00183.x