An agronomic economic comparison of the wheat-corn-fallow and wheat-sorghum-fallow rotations

Journal of Production Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Norwood, Charles A ^a   Currie, Randall S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031945159     PISSN: 08908524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jpa1998.0067     Document Type: Article

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