Economic Analysis of the Effects of Winter Cover Crops on No-Tillage Corn Yield Response to Fertilizer Nitrogen [PDF]
Crop Production/Industries,
Dillivan, Kim D. +4 more
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Economic Potential of Substituting Legumes for Synthetic Nitrogen in Warm Season Perennial Grasses used for Stocker Cattle Grazing [PDF]
Stocker cattle grazing warm season perennial grasses is an important economic activity in the southern Great Plains. Substantial increases in the price of nitrogen fertilizer is negatively affecting forage producers’ profitability.
Biermacher, Jon T. +8 more
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Comparing conventional and improved organic vegetable rotations, yields and nitrogen husbandry [PDF]
, 2010 During 2005 to 2009 three approaches to organic vegetable rotations were compared to a conventional rotation in an interdisciplinary project. The organic rotations differed in their reliance on animal manure vs.
Kristensen, Hanne L. +1 more
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Hairy Vetch as a Replacement for Synthetic Nitrogen
, 2015 This is a compilation of 30 research trial reports from four land-grant universities in the Midwestern United States. Crops include cantaloupe, pickling cucumber, pepper, potato, pumpkin, summer squash and zucchini, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Somecrops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses.
Goldy, Ron, Wendzel, Virginia
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Estimating Production Risk and Inefficiency Simultaneously: An Application to Cotton Cropping Systems [PDF]
By using a stochastic frontier framework, the mutual effect of input use on production risk and inefficiency is investigated. Disentangling this mutual effect proves important for empirical reasons, at least when applied to west Tennessee cotton systems ...
Frechette, Darren L. +2 more
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Effects of the second crop on maize yield and yield components in organic agriculture [PDF]
, 2008 The second crop use in organic agriculture is a known method of maintaining the soil tilth, soil protection against environmental deterioration, soil nutrients conservation and even the weed control.
Birkás, Márta +6 more
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Suspected Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) Poisoning with a Concomitant Babesiosis in Dairy Cows in Turkey [PDF]
Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2012 Nine Holstein cows were died between 3 October and 13 December of 2009 in Turkey. On this farm, all the dairy cattle (350) were being fed in two groups by the owner.
Hasan H. Oruc*, Sezgin Senturk1, Mufit Kahraman2, Veli Y. Cirak3 and Ezgi Akdesir2
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Comparison of Yield and Quality of Forage in the Intercropping of Rye (Secale cereale L.) and Vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) under Different Tillage Systems [PDF]
پژوهشهای زراعی ایرانIntroduction Conservation tillage systems are a key component of sustainable agricultural management, significantly contributing to the improvement of soil’s physical, biological, and chemical properties.
T Salavati +3 more
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Finding new cover crops for Estonian conditions [PDF]
, 2017 Cover crops are essential in fallow periods of cropping systems to protect the soil from erosion and loss of plant nutrients through leaching and runoff (especially in winter).
Lauringson, Enn +4 more
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Repeated clover subcropping as a strategy for commercial organic grain production [PDF]
There is a shortage of organic grains, and a need to develop organic production systems which ensure high and stable grain yields. Commercial organic grain production is mainly a task for farms with few or no livestock, and the development of well ...
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