Volume
57
Issue
3
DOI
10.34068/joe.57.03.20
Abstract
A multiple indicators, multiple causes, or MIMIC, modeling framework can be used for analyzing a variety of farmer decision-making situations where multiple outcomes are possible. Example applications include analyses of farmer use of multiple information sources, management practices, or technologies. We applied the framework to analyze use of multiple information sources by beef cattle farmers. We provide measures of how farmer demographics, farm characteristics, and risk attitudes influenced farmer use of information from Extension, producer groups, popular press, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Internet, and other farmers. Education and greater willingness to take risk positively influenced information use among the farmers we studied. Our process has implications for broader use within Extension.
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Recommended Citation
McLeod, E., Jensen, K. L., DeLong, K. L., & Griffith, A. (2019). A Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes Analysis of Farmers' Information Use. The Journal of Extension, 57(3), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.57.03.20
