Adoption of HT soybeans and off-farm income An important alternative use of time is off-farm work by farmers and their spouses(off-farm income of U.S.farm households is now higher than net income earned from farming). Recent ERS research using 2000 U.S.data shows that adoption of HT soybeans is associated with a significantly higher off-farm household income as well as total farm household income. This result suggests that farmers who adopt HT soybeans save management time,allowing them to obtain a higher income from off- farm activities. ●● ●●● ●●●Adoption of HT soybeans and off-farm income ♦ An important alternative use of time is off-farm work by farmers and their spouses (off-farm income of U.S. farm households is now hi gher than net income earned from farming). ♦ Recent ERS research using 2000 U.S. data shows that adoption of HT soybeans is associated with a significantly higher off-farm household income as well as total farm household income. ♦ This result suggests that farmers who adopt HT soybeans save management time, allowing them to obtain a higher income from off￾farm activities