The case for headland set-aside: Consideration of whole-farm gross margins and grain production on two farms with contrasting rotations

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-256

  Sparkes, D L ^a   Ramsden, S J ^a   Jaggard, K W ^b   Scott, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Arable Crops Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cereals; Grain production; Gross margin; Headland; Set aside; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARABLE FARMING; SET-ASIDE;

BROOMS BARN; BUNNY PARK; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032425871     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1998.tb05825.x     Document Type: Article

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