Landownership and the Adoption of Minimum Tillage

Full‐owner operators and landowners with small holdings have lower minimum tillage adoption rates on cultivated cropland than do other landownership groups after accounting for land quality and regional location. Nonfamily corporate structure does not significantly influence the adoption decision. These conclusions about minimum tillage adoption were obtained from a logit model using 7,649 cultivated cropland observations from across the United States. This study indicates that small operating size poses more of an obstacle to minimum tillage adoption than does separation of ownership from farm operation.