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2000 Winter Wheat Budgets For South Dakota, Department Of Economics

Economics Pamphlet Series

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Historical Evolution Of Crop Systems In Eastern South Dakota: Economic Influences, Linda Dumke, Thomas L. Dobbs

Economics Research Reports

Cropping systems in the United States and throughout much of the world have moved toward shorter and less diverse rotations during the last half of the twentieth century. However, as we approach the new millennium, there is growing concern about the ecological sustainability of monocultures and such narrow rotations as the com-soybean rotation. Problems of pest control, crop disease, groundwater contamination from chemical pesticides and fertilizers, and soil erosion are proving to be very difficult when crop rotation systems lack diversity. "Silver bullet" technologies sometimes buy time, but without diversity, new ecological problems soon replace the problem just "solved" with …

Agricultural Land Values In South Dakota: A Comparison Of Methods And Findings From Two Surveys: 1995-1999, Larry Janssen

Economics Research Reports

This report provides comparative findings from two South Dakota farmland market value surveys (SDSU and SDASS) for the 1995 - 1999 period. The annual SDSU farmland market survey is a key informant mail survey of agricultural appraisers, lenders, and extension educators. The annual SDASS county-level farmland survey results are based on nearly 3300 telephone survey responses from a random sample of farmers and ranchers. This report also includes considerable documentation of methods used to generate land value estimates at the regional and statewide level from available data in both surveys. The results and discussion sections include comparisons of: (1) relative …

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 And Home Research: 50-2, Larry Tennyson, Jerry Leslie, Jaimi Reimer, Stephanie Misar

Farm and Home Research

In this Issue:

[Page] 2- Director’s comments

[Page] 3- President’s comments

[Page] 4- ‘Hope’: Edgar McFadden’s legacy: a bountiful harvest and bread for the world

[Page] 8- Break the sell-cheap, buy-high syndrome: State yearly loses millions in wages and other incomes by shipping out raw commodities

[Page] 10- Lessons and labs: Students jump-start their careers by working in SDSU labs

[Page] 12- Our ‘helping hands’ : A salute to technicians, students, secretaries—the research work crew

[Page] 14- Forewarned to forearmed: In climatology, knowing the past is key to predicting the future

[Page] 17- Wheat streak mosaic virus: In normal year, …

Planning Prices And Livestock Budgets For Farm Management Programs, Burton Pflueger

SDSU Extension Circulars

The budgets in this publication are based on approved farming practices and nutritionally balanced rations. Feed ingredients are priced on their comparative feed values. Com is used as the base for feed grain and other grains are priced based on their relative feed value to com. Alfalfa hay is used as the base for roughage. All roughage and succulents are priced as a percent of alfalfa hay. The livestock husbandman who uses the least-cost rations should not see significant changes in profitability by interchanging feed ingredients.