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Organic Price Premiums For Northern Great Plains And Upper Midwest Crops: 1995 To 1998, Thomas L. Dobbs, Jamie L. Pourier
Organic Price Premiums For Northern Great Plains And Upper Midwest Crops: 1995 To 1998, Thomas L. Dobbs, Jamie L. Pourier
Economics Pamphlet Series
Price premiums for organic crops have drawn the attention of increasing numbers of farmers in the Northern Great Plains and Upper Midwest in recent years. Falling prices for crops grown with "conventional" farming methods have caused an increasing number of farmers to explore the possibilities of switching to organic methods and obtaining organic certification. One indication of this interest has been the relatively high attendance at meetings of organic and sustainable farming associations in 1998 and 1999. As part of the sustainable agriculture research program in the Economics Department at South Dakota State University (SDSU), we have been comparing "organic" …
Farm Program Flexibility Options And Sustainable Agriculture, Thomas Dobbs, David L. Becker
Farm Program Flexibility Options And Sustainable Agriculture, Thomas Dobbs, David L. Becker
Economics Research Reports
The phrase planting f1exibility was influential in the formation of The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (the 1990 Farm Bill).Several planting flexibility proposals were introduced during the congressional debates leading up to the 1990 Farm Bl11. Each proposal differed in the amount of planting flexibility given to farmers and which acres to use in the calculation of farm program benefits. In this report, we will look at three of those proposals --the Normal Crop Acreage program, the Triple Base program, and the Integrated Farm Management Program Option. For purposes of our analyses, we have selected 10 case …
Rural Economy Implications Of Farms Converting To Sustainable Agriculture Practices: Some Estimates For South Dakota, Thomas Dobbs, John D. Cole
Rural Economy Implications Of Farms Converting To Sustainable Agriculture Practices: Some Estimates For South Dakota, Thomas Dobbs, John D. Cole
Economics Research Reports
The purpose of the research reported in this monograph is to examine the hypothesis implied in that argument, i.e., that adoption of sustainable farming systems would adversely affect rural economies. Effects examined can be conceptualized in terms of the "backward" and "forward" linkages shown in Figure 1. The direct (or primary) effect of a conversion from conventional to sustainable farming systems in a local area is the effect on net incomes of agricultural households. Agricultural households are defined here as farm proprietors and their families and hired laborers. Secondary effects result from "backward" and "forward" linkages to the farm sector.
Livestock Budgets And Whole-Farm Economic Analysis: South Dakota Sustainable Agriculture Case Farms, Donald Taylor, Clarence Mends, Thomas L. Dobbs
Livestock Budgets And Whole-Farm Economic Analysis: South Dakota Sustainable Agriculture Case Farms, Donald Taylor, Clarence Mends, Thomas L. Dobbs
Economics Research Reports
In this report, livestock budgets for nine sustainable farmers in South Dakota who raise beef cattle and two of the same farmers who raise hogs are presented. Results of whole-farm economic analysis--in which the livestock, sustainable crop rotation, and non-sustainable rotation crop enterprise budgets on the respective farms are integrated with each other--are also presented. The final sections of the report cover results of analyses of (1) livestock price sensitivity and (2) on-farm manure production and disposition.
Profitablility Of Alternative Farming Systems At South Dakota State University's Northeast Research Station: 1989 Compared To Previous Transition Years, Thomas Dobbs, Clarence Mends
Profitablility Of Alternative Farming Systems At South Dakota State University's Northeast Research Station: 1989 Compared To Previous Transition Years, Thomas Dobbs, Clarence Mends
Economics Research Reports
South Dakota State University (SDSU) has been conducting a set of experiment station trials since 1985 in which particular low-input (alternative) farming systems are compared with conventional and reduced tillage systems. The trials are conducted at SDSU's Northeast (NE) Research Station near Watertown. The first 4 years of yield and economic results were reported in a 95-page document by Mends, et al. (1989) several months ago. In this present report, economic results for 1989 are presented and are compared with those in the previous report. Two studies are included in these trials at the NE Station, to represent different sets …
Crop And Livestock Enterprises, Risk Evaluation, And Management Strategies On South Dakota Sustainable Farms, Donald Taylor, Thomas L. Dobbs, David L. Becker, James D. Smolik
Crop And Livestock Enterprises, Risk Evaluation, And Management Strategies On South Dakota Sustainable Farms, Donald Taylor, Thomas L. Dobbs, David L. Becker, James D. Smolik
Economics Research Reports
This report presents findings from personal interviews undertaken in January-March 1989 with 22 of the 32 sustainable/regenerative farmers in South Dakota who responded to a Summer 1988 mail survey concerning their sustainable farming practices. [For the mail survey results, see Taylor, Dobbs, and Smolik, 1989.] The major purpose of the personal interview part of the study reported herein was to gain greater insight into (1) the sustainable crop rotations and livestock enterprises on these farmers' farms and (2) the judgments of these farmers about the riskiness and managerial strategies for meeting selected challenges of sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable Agriculture In South Dakota, Donald Taylor, Thomas L. Dobbs, James D. Smolik
Sustainable Agriculture In South Dakota, Donald Taylor, Thomas L. Dobbs, James D. Smolik
Economics Research Reports
This is a report of the views and experiences of 32 South Dakotans who follow sustainable/regenerative agriculture practices on their farms. It is based on a mail survey undertaken during the summer of 1988. The research reported here complements that undertaken by South Dakota State University (SDSU) since 1984 on large experimental field plots at the University's Northeast Research Station near Watertown.