Cost, average returns, and risk of switching to narrow row corn

Journal of Production Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 685-691

  Hallman, Alan ^a   Lowenberg DeBoer, J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DIABROTICA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033370687     PISSN: 08908524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jpa1999.0685     Document Type: Article

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