Farm operators' preferences for soil conservation service information: Results from three Tennessee watersheds

Journal of Production Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 472-476

  Pompelli, Greg ^a   Morfaw, Christopher ^a   English, Burton C ^a   Bowling, Rebecca Glover ^a   Bullen, Gary S ^a   Tegegne, Fisseha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030845262     PISSN: 08908524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jpa1997.0472     Document Type: Article

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