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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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Wpływ sposobu uprawy roli i przedplonu na zachwaszczenie pszenicy ozimej
Agronomy Science, 2005 Weed infestation of winter wheat was investigated in the direct sowing, conventional and simplified tillage system conditions during 2000–2002 period.
Ryszard Weber, Borys Hryńczuk
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The influence of tillage on selected biological parameters
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2006 The influence of tillage (conventional and non-tillage) on selected soil microbial properties was studied. The experiment focused on tillage that was launched in Prague-Ruzyne in 1997. The experiment included the following variants: conventional tillage,
O. Mikanová +3 more
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CONSERVATION TILLAGE AND PESTICIDE USE IN THE CORNBELT [PDF]
Adoption of conservation tillage can lead to substantial environmental benefits from reduced soil erosion. But benefits may be partially offset if adoption increases reliance on agricultural chemicals.
Fuglie, Keith O.
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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Evaluation of the GreyWater Footprint Comparing the Indirect Effects of Different Agricultural Practices [PDF]
, 2018 Increasing global food demand and economic growth result in increasing competition over scarce freshwater resources, worsened by climate change and pollution. The agricultural sector has the largest share in the water footprint of humanity.
Borsato, Eros +4 more
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Wheat Production Using Direct Seeding, Reduced Tillage and Conventional Tillage in Middle Anatolia
, 2012 The objective of this study was to examine wheat production using direct seeding, reduced tillage and conventional tillage in Middle Anatolia during the years of 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. In the experiment, two tillages and the direct seeding were used. All tillage methods and the direct seeding were applied in the dry fanning conditions.
Marakoglu, T., Carman, K.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
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An Economic Analysis of Carbon Sequestration for Wheat and Grain Sorghum Production in Kansas [PDF]
This study examined the economic potential with and without carbon credit payments of two crop and tillage systems in South Central Kansas that could reduce carbon dioxide emissions and sequester carbon in the soil. Experiment station cropping practices,
Aller, Taryn D. +4 more
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Impact of production method and production area on energy balance of rye consumed in Helsinki [PDF]
, 2002 The results of the study show that production of fertilizers is the biggest factor in the rye production chain. Therefore organic rye tillage is not as intensive in energy usage as conventional practices.
Sinkkonen, Marko
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