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Case Study Of The Profitability Of A South Dakota Farm Using The Integrated Farm Managment Program, Charles L. Prouty, Thomas L. Dobbs Jul 1996

Case Study Of The Profitability Of A South Dakota Farm Using The Integrated Farm Managment Program, Charles L. Prouty, Thomas L. Dobbs

Economics Pamphlet Series

This report is one of five covering case study farms in the east-central South Dakota portion of the Big Sioux Aquifer area. The other four reports are South Dakota State University Econ Pamphlets 95-1 through 95-4, published in September 1995. operators of each of the case study farms covered in the five reports were participating in some segment of the Federal farm program aimed specifically at improving the ecological sustainability of U.S. agriculture. The case farm featured in this report was participating in the Integrated Farm Management (IPM) program of the 1990 Farm Bill. Since the data collection and analyses …


Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 1 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Burton W. Pflueger, John H. Bischoff, Thomas L. Dobbs Sep 1995

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 1 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Burton W. Pflueger, John H. Bischoff, Thomas L. Dobbs

Economics Pamphlet Series

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of the Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Great Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable farming practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen to be involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area.


Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 4 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger Sep 1995

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 4 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger

Economics Pamphlet Series

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of the Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Great Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable farming practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen to be involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area. Case Farm No. 4 is located in Brookings County and followed a continuous corn rotation prior to enrollment in the Water Quality …


Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 2 Summary, Lon D. Henning, John H. Bischoff, Thomas L. Dobbs, Burton W. Pflueger Sep 1995

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 2 Summary, Lon D. Henning, John H. Bischoff, Thomas L. Dobbs, Burton W. Pflueger

Economics Pamphlet Series

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable fa practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area. Case Farm No. 2 is located in Moody County and followed a corn-soybean oats rotation on the acres focused on in the analysis prior to enrollment …


Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 3 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger Sep 1995

Profitability And Nitrate Leaching Effects Of Possible Farming Practice And System Changes Over South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer: Case Farm No. 3 Summary, Lon D. Henning, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger

Economics Pamphlet Series

The overall goal of the SARE/Water Quality project was to determine whether economic incentives offered by recent environmental provisions of the Federal farm program are sufficient to induce Western Corn Belt/Northern Great Plains farmers in environmentally sensitive areas to adopt sustainable farming practices and systems. To attain this goal, four case farms were chosen to be involved in this study based on their size, soil types, cropping systems, topography, and management in the Big Sioux Aquifer study area. Case Farm No.3 is located in Minnehaha County and has corn, soybeans, oats, alfalfa, and clover. It is a dry-land operation that …