Economic and environmental feasibility of variable rate nitrogen fertilizer application with carry-over effects

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 401-426

  Watkins, K Bradley ^a   Lu, Yao Chi ^a   Huang, Wen Yuan ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Nitrogen carry over; Nitrogen loss; Profitability; Variable rate application

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042866954     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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