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Determining the Methods for Measuring the Economic and Fiscal Impacts Associated with Organic Crop Conversion in Iowa

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This research demonstrates methods for comparing the potential region-wide economic impact value of organic versus conventional crop practices. The impetus for this research was the passage of a county ordinance in Woodbury County, Iowa, allowing a maximum of $50,000 of county property tax abatements for qualifying conventional-to-organic production conversions. This study used Iowa State University Cooperative Extension Service crop enterprise budget information to compare the returns to operators of two productions systems: a conventional corn-soybean rotation versus an organic rotation consisting of corn–soybeans–oats-alfalfa. The research demonstrated that there are very strong differences not only in the superior average returns to organic farming operators when compared to conventional corn–soybean operations, but in the overall economic impacts.

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  • Swenson, David A., 2007. "Determining the Methods for Measuring the Economic and Fiscal Impacts Associated with Organic Crop Conversion in Iowa," Staff General Research Papers Archive 12814, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:12814
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    1. Janet MacFall & Joanna Lelekacs & Todd LeVasseur & Steve Moore & Jennifer Walker, 2015. "Toward resilient food systems through increased agricultural diversity and local sourcing in the Carolinas," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 5(4), pages 608-622, December.
    2. Joseph Hampton Holland & Olivia M. Thompson, 2015. "Place-based economic development: examining the relationship between the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and farmers markets in Mississippi," Community Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(1), pages 67-77, February.

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    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General

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