Profitability of cropping systems featuring tillage and compost

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 450-456

  Singer, Jeremy W ^a   Chase, Craig A ^b   Kohler, Keith A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Iowa State Univ ^*  (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHISEL PLOWS; COMPOST AMENDMENTS; COMPOST APPLICATIONS; COMPOSTED ANIMAL MANURES; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING SYSTEMS; GLYCINE MAX; MOLDBOARD PLOWS; NO TILLAGE; ROTATION CYCLE; SEED YIELD; SOYBEAN PRODUCTION; TILLAGE SYSTEM; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MANURES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROFITABILITY; ROTATION; TOOLS;

COMPOSTING;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77749335428     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0327     Document Type: Article

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