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Effect of Prices, Traits and Market Structure on Corn Seeding Density [PDF]
Recent agronomic research finds that economically optimal seeding densities have likely increased for many Midwestern corn farmers as a result of genetic improvements including new GM traits such as Bt corn and herbicide tolerance.
Ma, Xingliang +3 more
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MANAGING THE CORN ROOTWORM VARIANT: EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM AN INDIANA FARMER SURVEY [PDF]
The emergence of a corn rootworm "variant" has reduced the effectiveness of a corn-soybean rotation in some areas of Indiana. This research identifies potential control alternatives.
Martin, Marshall A., Harbor, Anetra L.
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Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Ethanol from Iowa Corn: Life Cycle Analysis Versus System-Wide Accounting [PDF]
Life cycle analysis (LCA) is the standard approach used to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits of biofuels. However, it is increasingly recognized that LCA results do not account for some impacts-including land use changes-that have important ...
Rubin, Ofir +2 more
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Corn Producer Practices and Insect Resistance Management Requirements [PDF]
We document the degree to which corn producers in South Dakota follow Insect Resistance Management requirements administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. Our findings are based a survey held among a sample of 317 corn producers in South Dakota
Wang, Willa, Van der Sluis, Evert
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Corn : chemistry and technology /
'Corn: Chemistry and Technology, Third Edition,' provides a broad perspective on corn from expert agronomists, food scientists and geneticists. This encyclopedic storehouse of comprehensive information on all aspects of the world’s largest crop (in ...
Serna Saldívar, Sergio R. Othón,editor.
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Estimating the Benefits of Bt Corn and Cost of Insect Resistance Management Ex Ante [PDF]
This paper estimates farmer benefits for corn rootworm (CRW) active Bt corn and costs of complying with Environmental Protection Agency insect resistance management requirements.
Ostlie, Kenneth +2 more
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Impact Assessment of Bt Corn Adoption in the Philippines [PDF]
This article examines the impact of Bt corn adoption in the Philippines using an econometric approach that addresses simultaneity, selection, and censoring problems.
Pan, Suwen +3 more
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Corn Yield Contest, 1921 [PDF]
, 1921 The Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers' Association recognizes that there are large differences in the yielding ability of varieties and of strains of the same variety of corn and therefore has inaugurated a contest to determine the highest yielding kinds
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CONTROL OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER AND POTATO LEAFHOPPER ON SNAP BEANS, 1999 [PDF]
Arthropod Management Tests, 2000 E.C. Burkness +2 more
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