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Abstract
The major objective is to determine the most important factors
that affect contract holders post-CRP land use decisions in South
Dakota. The major data source is a 1993 CRP survey sent to a random
sample of 8.33% of South Dakota CRP contract holders and completed
by 556 of 1133 persons contacted. Management, socio-economic, and
land use intentions data are combined with their CRP contract file
from USDA. Respondents are classified into major categories based
on their post-contract CRP land use intentions. Descriptive
statistics are used to compare physical, management, economic, and
demographic characteristics by respondent land use intentions.
Logistic regression models are used to assess the relative
influence of selected factors on contract holders' expected postCRP
land use intention. Separate models are developed for the
cropland use decision and for the grassland use decision.