Estimates of additional Maize (Zea mays) yields required to offset costs of tree-windbreaks in Midwestern USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-20

  Grala, Robert K ^a   Colletti, Joe P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Break even; Field windbreak; Leeward protected zone; Present value

Indexed keywords

COST; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; WIND BREAK;

UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARINUM; ACER SACCHARUM; CORNUS; PHYSOCARPUS; PICEA; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SACCHARUM; VIBURNUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242491527     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026140208707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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