Yields and returns from strip intercropping on six Iowa farms

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Exner, D N ^a   Davidson, D G ^b   Ghaffarzadeh, M ^c   Cruse, R M ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grundy Center Family Medicine Iowa Health Physicians   (United States)

^c PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise accounting; Land equivalent ratio; Monetary equivalent ratio; On farm research; Risk management; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARABLE FARMING; INTERCROPPING;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032700916     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0889189300008092     Document Type: Article

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