An Economic Analysis of Corn Yield, Corn Profitability, and Risk at the Edge of the Corn Belt

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 230-247

  Chavas, Jean Paul ^a   Kim, Kwansoo ^a   Lauer, Joseph G ^a   Klemme, Richard M ^a   Bland, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Corn; Crop yield; Farm profitability; Management practices; Risk; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590338     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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