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Factors Of Profitable Field Crop Selection, Jacob Thomas Briscoe
Factors Of Profitable Field Crop Selection, Jacob Thomas Briscoe
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Methods of crop selection are varied, depending on a variety of factors, including resources, climate, soil type, and potential marketability of the crop. This study utilizes a theoretical farm of one thousand farmable acres to estimate the costs and returns as well as the resources associated with cultivating, planting, irrigating, harvesting and selling the crop products. The theoretical farm is situated in southwest Idaho in any of the counties of Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Owyhee and Payette. The crops grown are typical of the area; the crops examined are field corn (Zea mays), alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and …
A Study Of Factor Input Services In Cache County, Utah, 1969, Terry N. Peterson
A Study Of Factor Input Services In Cache County, Utah, 1969, Terry N. Peterson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A study was made to analyze the extent o f factor input service s in Cache County, Utah, in 1969.
Fertilizer, feed and machinery dealers we re interviewed to obtain the extent of the services which they provided to farmers in Cache County. One machinery dealer provided a service in the form of a rental program while all others provided none. Fertilizer dealers provided spreaders while feed dealers provided only a delivery service.
The Farm Service Division of the Amalgamated Sugar Company was examined as a case study. Budgets for different sizes of beet growers were formulated and compared to …