PATS - Program on Agricultural Technology Studies

Adoption of Agricultural Biotechnologies
January 1992 - Present

Through numerous surveys, PATS has tracked the adoption of biotechnologies by Wisconsin farmers. Of particular interest has been the adoption of GMO corn such as Ht, Bt and stacked Ht/Bt. Various reports have detailed the findings of this research. The project is ongoing, and will continue to be a focus of PATS research.

Associated Staff

Associated Publications

rBST: A Decade of Use in America's Dairyland (September 2004)
How Consumers Value rBST-free and Organic Milk in the Marketplace (July 2003)
The Market for rBST-free and Organic Milk (July 2003)
Technology Adoption Among Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers in the 1990s (June 2001)
The Adoption and De-Adoption of GMO Crop Varieties in Wisconsin (September 2000)
Use of rBST in America's Dairyland (April 1995)
The Use of rBST in America's Dairyland: an Update (October 1999)
Management Intensive Rotational Grazing on Wisconsin Dairy Farms: the 1990s (February 2000)
The Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crop Varieties in Wisconsin (April 2005)
The Use and Performance of Management Intensive Rotational Grazing Among Wisconsin Dairy Farms in the 1990s (August 2000)
Use and Implications of Bovine Somatotropin (June 2001)
Management-Intensive Rotational Grazing Among Wisconsin Dairy Farmers: A Brief Summary of Recent ATFFI Research (November 1996)
A Profile of Wisconsin's Dairy Industry, 1999 (March 2000)
Farming in Wisconsin at the End of the Century: Results of the 1999 Wisconsin Farm Poll (March 2000)
Update on the Adoption and De-Adoption of GMO Crop Varieties in Wisconsin (August 2001)
Dynamics of GMO Adoption Among Wisconsin Farmers (November 2000)
The Adoption and Diffusion of GM Crop Varieties: The "Gene Revolution" in Global Perspective, 1996-2001 (March 2002)
Questioning "Loose Talk" About "Agricultural Biotechnology" and Rethinking the Role of Molecular Biology in Public Research (August 2003)
The "Gene Revolution" in Global Perspective: A Reconsideration of the Global Adoption and Diffusion of GM Crop Varieties, 1996-2002 (September 2003)
Grazing in the Dairy State: Pasture Use in the Wisconsin Dairy Industry, 1992-2003 (January 2006)
The Political Economy of rBST Adoption in America's Dairyland (May 1995)