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Crop models for greenhouse production systems [PDF]

, 2002
Challa, H.
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Managing Risk with Crop Insurance [PDF]

Every year Iowa farmers face the threat of damage to their crops from drought, hail, flood, insects, and other natural disasters. The U.S.D.A. Risk Management Agency (RMA) and private crop insurance venders have developed a set of insurance programs to ...
Edwards, William M.
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Comparing Soybean Productivity, Soil Health, and Economic Viability Under No-Tillage and Conventional Tillage in the Lower Mississippi Delta

International Journal of Agronomy
No-tillage (NT) management protects soil from wind and water erosion and improves soil health. Uncertainty in farm production under location-specific NT practices poses challenges to adopting it by the farming community.
Saseendran S. Anapalli, Mubvumba Partson, Srinivasa R. Pinnamaneni, Krishna N. Reddy, Jonathan K. Corser   +4 more
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A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF WEATHER-CROP YIELD MODELS [PDF]

The purpose of this paper is the relatively limited one of reviewing the literature for models which develop specific relationships between climatic variables and crop yields.
Geigel, Joanne M., Sundquist, W. Burt
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Productive Farm Crops

Soil Science, 1938
Mode of access: Internet.
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Energy Sorghum as A Biofuel Feedstock: Effects On GHG Offsets and Sector Performance [PDF]

Crop Production/Industries, Livestock Production/Industries,
Aisabokhae, Ruth A., McCarl, Bruce A., Zhang, Yuquan W.   +2 more
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RAINFALL INSURANCE FOR MIDWEST CROP PRODUCTION [PDF]

The paper discusses a methodology for design and pricing of index insurance contracts for crop production. The methodology heavily relies on establishing a relationship between the index and yields in order to evaluate the contract performance in hedging
Miranda, Mario J., Vedenov, Dmitry V.
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FAPRI 2001 U.S. and World Agricultural Outlook [PDF]

Crop Production/Industries, Livestock Production/Industries,
Adams, Gary M., Babcock, Bruce A., Beghin, John C., Brown, D. Scott, de Cara, Stephane, Fabiosa, Jacinto F., Fang, Cheng, Fuller, Frank H., Hart, Chad E., Kaus, Phillip J., Kovarik, Karen, Kruse, John R., Madison, Daniel, Matthey, Holger, Meyer, Seth D., Mohanty, Samarendu, Trujillo, Joe, Westhoff, Patrick C., Willott, Brian, Womack, Abner W., Young, Robert E., II   +20 more
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Estimating the Implicit Value of Crop Stubble as a Barrier to Technology Adoption in Morocco [PDF]

For mixed cereal-livestock farmers, cereal production provides a bundle of goods. Grain is consumed by the household or sold at market, and crop residues are used as livestock feed. The straw component of crop residue can be bought and sold at market and
Larson, Douglas M., Magnan, Nicholas
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Climate change impacts on crop risks and agricultural production in Finland [PDF]

Climate Change is expected to improve crop production conditions significantly in northern Europe. In some studies a significant increase in agricultural production is expected in northern Europe while drought is becoming gradually more severe in ...
Kujala, Sanna, Lehtonen, Heikki
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