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Economic Comparison of Alternative Tillage Systems for Delaware Grain Farms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Judy Ohannesian
Judy Ohannesian*
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University of Delaware
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Abstract

Modern farm management decisions deal with problems concerning the most profitable size and the best combination of enterprises for a given resource base. These decisions determine a farm's operational and/or organizational efficiency. In addition to selecting a new combination of enterprises, farm managers can make decisions on altering and changing their production practices. New methods allow the same products to be produced, but by a different technique. Situations may arise which also change a farm's resource base. A new method of production may enable a farm operator to continue at a desired output level, while decreasing a production input, thereby increasing efficiency of labor, land or capital.

Type
Commercial Agriculture
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , October 1978 , pp. 53 - 56
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

The author is deeply indebted to Drs. G. Joachim Elterich, Raymond C. Smith and Gerald L. Cole for their help in reviewing this paper.

References

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