Article
Land Quality Perceptions in Expert Opinion Surveys: Evidence from Iowa
Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Abstract
While many opinion-based surveys ask land values for different land quality classes, little is known how survey respondents perceive the land quality. Using the 2015 Iowa Land Value Survey, this article examines how respondents perceive land quality in their responses to land value questions. Our results show agricultural professionals seem to perceive land quality with respect to specific regions, and high, medium and low land quality should be interpreted locally within a crop reporting district. This case study suggests that it is difficult to generalize uniform yield or soil productivity index ranges for land quality questions in all opinion-based surveys.
Copyright Owner
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Wendong Zhang and Michael D. Duffy. "Land Quality Perceptions in Expert Opinion Surveys: Evidence from Iowa" Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (2017) p. 128 - 151 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wendong_zhang/92/
This article is published as Zhang, Wendong, and Michael D. Duffy. "Land Quality Perceptions in Expert Opinion Surveys: Evidence from Iowa." Journal of ASFMRA (2017): 128-151. Posted with permission.