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

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