Data for: Spillover effects of organic agriculture on pesticide use on nearby fields

<b>Abstract</b><br/><p><span lang="EN">The environmental impacts of organic agriculture are only partially understood and </span><span lang="EN">whether such practices have spillover effects </span><span lang="EN">on pests or pest control activity </span><span lang="EN">on nearby fields remains unknown</span><span lang="EN">. Using </span><span lang="EN">roughly 13,000 field observations per year from 2013-2019 in Kern County, CA , </span><span lang="EN">we estimate that organic crop producers benefit from surrounding organic fields, decreasing overall pesticide use and pesticides targeting insect pests. </span><span lang="EN"><span lang="EN">Conventional fields, in contrast, tend to increase pesticide use as the area of surrounding organic production increases.</span></span></p>