Citation Information

  • Title : Organic versus conventional grain production in the mid-Atlantic: An economic and farming system
  • Source : American Journal of Alternative Agriculture
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Volume : 12
  • Issue : 1
  • Pages : 2-9
  • Year : 1997
  • DOI : 10.1017/S0889189
  • ISBN : 10.1017/S0889189300007104
  • Document Type : Journal Article
  • Language : English
  • Authors:
    • Lichtenberg, E.
    • Hanson, J. C.
    • Peters, S. E.
  • Climates: Continental (D). Warm summer continental/Hemiboreal (Dsb, Dfb, Dwb).
  • Cropping Systems: Maize. Soybean.
  • Countries: USA.

Summary

Compares the profitability of the organic and conventional cash grain rotations since 1982. Dependence of sustainable farming on the generated income from farmers; Conduct of a Farming Systems Trial; Analysis of two FST systems; Advantage of the organic rotation; Tabulation of net returns for three different periods; Net returns and labor requirements.

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