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Milk Prices Coming Down; 1996 Grain Prices In Review; 1996 - A Mixed Year For South Dakota Livestock Producers, Donald Peterson, Alan May, Gene Murra Dec 1996

Milk Prices Coming Down; 1996 Grain Prices In Review; 1996 - A Mixed Year For South Dakota Livestock Producers, Donald Peterson, Alan May, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Potential For Cost-Share Policies To Improve Groundwater Quality Without Reducing Farm Profits, Thomas Dobbs, John Bischoff Dec 1996

Potential For Cost-Share Policies To Improve Groundwater Quality Without Reducing Farm Profits, Thomas Dobbs, John Bischoff

Economics Staff Paper Series

The Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act (FAIR) of reinforced the Federal government's commitment to environmental aspects of farm policy that received major attention in 1985 legislation and reinforcement in 1990. All three pieces of legislation placed emphasis on incentive and cost-share policies to reduce adverse soil and water effects of farming practices. A major initiative under FAIR is the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), for which $1.3 billion is authorized over 7 years to provide cost-share or incentive payment contracts with crop and livestock producers for environmental and conservation improvements (Young and Shields, 1996). In part, this program is …


Increased Hog Production In South Dakota: One Possible Solution - Contracting, Gene Murra Nov 1996

Increased Hog Production In South Dakota: One Possible Solution - Contracting, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Livestock: U.S. Production & Prices, Gene Murra Oct 1996

Livestock: U.S. Production & Prices, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


South Dakota Nd United States Farming: Some General Comparisons, Department Of Economics Sep 1996

South Dakota Nd United States Farming: Some General Comparisons, Department Of Economics

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Crop Condition Index, Crop Progress Reports; Livestock Situation And Outlook, Alan May, Gene Murra Aug 1996

Crop Condition Index, Crop Progress Reports; Livestock Situation And Outlook, Alan May, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Ecological Balance On Individual Crop-Livestock Farms: An Idealistic Notion Or Also Practically Feasible?, Donald Taylor, Diane Rickerl Jul 1996

Ecological Balance On Individual Crop-Livestock Farms: An Idealistic Notion Or Also Practically Feasible?, Donald Taylor, Diane Rickerl

Economics Staff Paper Series

The following research question is examined in this article: Can one or more of eight case study integrated crop and cow-calf farms/ranches in South Dakota be simultaneously "balanced" from the standpoints of (1) amounts of manure produced "matching" (plus or minus 10%) the soil fertility needs of producers' cropland and rangeland and (2) amounts of feed-grains and roughages produced "matching" (plus or minus 10%) the nutrient needs of producers' livestock? The livestock manure production-utilization component of the study involves estimation and comparison of amounts of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) (1) available to crops and grass in the manure produced …


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 …


Will The World Experience Hunger And Starvation?; Cattle Comments, Richard Shane, Gene Murra Jun 1996

Will The World Experience Hunger And Starvation?; Cattle Comments, Richard Shane, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Rental Practices: 1996, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen Jun 1996

South Dakota Agricultural Land Values And Rental Practices: 1996, Burton Pflueger, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Feedlot Manure Nutrient Loadings On South Dakota Farmland, Donald Taylor, Diane Rickerl Jun 1996

Feedlot Manure Nutrient Loadings On South Dakota Farmland, Donald Taylor, Diane Rickerl

Economics Staff Paper Series

A key determinant of whether livestock manure is an asset or liability in agricultural production and to society more generally is the amount of manure produced relative to the nearby farmland area to which the manure can be economically transported for application. The objectives of the study reported in this article are to (1) estimate levels of manure nutrient (nitrogen = N and phosphorus = P) loadings on the cropland and rangeland associated with 78 feedlot farm operations in South Dakota and (2) determine factors, including size-of-feedlot and cropland hectarages, associated with cropland N and P loadings for the feedlots …


1996 Farm Bill: Sign Up; South Dakota's Pork Industry: A Few Comparisons, Donald L. Peterson, Gene E. Murra May 1996

1996 Farm Bill: Sign Up; South Dakota's Pork Industry: A Few Comparisons, Donald L. Peterson, Gene E. Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Trade: Growth And Impact, Gene Murra, Richard Shane Apr 1996

Agricultural Trade: Growth And Impact, Gene Murra, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Are There Tradeoffs Between Farm Profitabilty And Environmental Quality In South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer Area?; Grain Market Volatility - Is $4.00 Cash Corn Possible In Eastern South Dakota?, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger, Richard Shane Apr 1996

Are There Tradeoffs Between Farm Profitabilty And Environmental Quality In South Dakota's Big Sioux Aquifer Area?; Grain Market Volatility - Is $4.00 Cash Corn Possible In Eastern South Dakota?, Thomas L. Dobbs, John H. Bischoff, Burton W. Pflueger, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Retained Ownership : Cattle, Dillon Feuz, Gene Murra Mar 1996

Retained Ownership : Cattle, Dillon Feuz, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Cattle Trends: Review And Where We Are Going; Volatile Spring Market Expected, Gene Murra, Richard Shane Feb 1996

Cattle Trends: Review And Where We Are Going; Volatile Spring Market Expected, Gene Murra, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Do Price Supports Decrease Variability In Farm Income?; Trend Yield Estimation: Its Impact On Production And Price Forecasts, Donald L. Peterson, Richard Shane Jan 1996

Do Price Supports Decrease Variability In Farm Income?; Trend Yield Estimation: Its Impact On Production And Price Forecasts, Donald L. Peterson, Richard Shane

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.


Beef Cow-Calf Production Contrasts: Herds West And East Of The Missouri River; The Hog Industry: Situation & Outlook, Donald C. Taylor, Gene Murra Jan 1996

Beef Cow-Calf Production Contrasts: Herds West And East Of The Missouri River; The Hog Industry: Situation & Outlook, Donald C. Taylor, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.