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An Economic Analysis of a Corn-Soybean Crop Rotation Under Various Input Combinations in South Central Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Robert D. Funk ,
James W. Mjelde ,
Frank M. Hons  and
Vince A. Saladino
Robert D. Funk
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
James W. Mjelde
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Frank M. Hons
Affiliation:
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Vince A. Saladino
Affiliation:
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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Abstract

Eight input combinations of commercial fertilizer, insecticides, and herbicides on a corn-soybean crop rotation in the Brazos River Bottom of Texas are evaluated. Input combinations which do not fully utilize all three inputs are consistently ranked higher by all criteria as the preferred input strategy for the corn-soybean rotation system. These results, which indicate limited input crop rotations that fall somewhere between the extremes of conventional agricultural production and organic agriculture, deserve further attention as a possible production alternative.

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cornlimited inputsoybean

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , April 1999 , pp. 69 - 81
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1999

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