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Returns to Corn and Soybean Tillage Practices

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  • Duffy, Michael
  • Hanthorn, Michael

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Average per-acre returns differ little for most U.S. corn and soybean farmers using various alternative tillage strategies, according to this analysis of 1980 farm-level production data. Midwest conventional-till soybean farmers, however, accrue a significantly higher average return than do Midwest no-till farmers. Most conservation-till soybean farmers in the three major producing regions incur significantly lower input costs than do conventional-till soybean farmers, but also harvest lower yields except in the Southeast. Significant differences were found in the use of specific corn and soybean inputs among alternative tillage strategies

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  • Duffy, Michael & Hanthorn, Michael, 1984. "Returns to Corn and Soybean Tillage Practices," Agricultural Economic Reports 307954, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307954
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307954
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