Comparative tillage costs for crop rotations utilizing minimum tillage on a farm scale

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-231

  Sijtsma, C H ^a   Campbell, A J ^a   McLaughlin, N B ^b   Carter, M R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Crop rotation; Farm scale tillage cost evaluation; Fuel requirement; Sandy loam soil; Tillage costs; Tractor drawbar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032477362     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00175-5     Document Type: Article

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