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Johnson, O.S.

Economic analysis of reduced tillage wheat and grain sorghum rotations in western Kansas - Kansas (United States of America) : Kansas State University, 1986. - 24 pages - Bulletin 650 .

Reduced tillage systems for wheat and grain sorghum were compared with conventional systems typical of the central Great Plains. Yield data from the Tribune Branch Experiment Station and season average price data from west central Kansas were used with 1984 cost of production estimates to determine expected returns to a representative 2,000 acre dryland farm for each system. In general, the reduced tillage systems generated higher returns than the other cropping systems considered. Risk analysis revealed that farmers who were risk adverse would likely prefer the reduced tillage wheat-fallow system to conventional systems. Those who were risk neutral would likely prefer the reduced tillage wheat-sorghum-fallow system.


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ISSN: 0097-0484

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economic analysis
Crop rotation
Sorghum
Feed crops
Wheat
Cereals
Tillage

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kansas

Dewey Class. No.: 338.11 JOH