A Return-Risk Analysis of Southern Row Crop Enterprises and the Sod-Based Rotation

Christopher Prevatt, James Novak, Walter Prevatt, Michelle R. Worosz, Kris Balkcom, William Birdsong, Brian Gamble and Julie A. Howe

Journal of Agribusiness, 2013, vol. 31, issue 01

Abstract: This study examined the expected returns and risks for traditional row crop production systems in comparison to a new experimental sod-based rotation system in the Southeastern Gulf Coast region of Alabama. The sod-based rotation system involved a rotation sequence of two years of Bahiagrass with cattle grazing followed by peanuts then cotton. A Target Minimization of Total Absolute Deviations (MOTAD) model was developed to examine the return-risk relationships of six enterprise alternatives. The results of this study indicated that a sod-based rotation system was more risky and produced less returns than the traditional peanut-cotton rotations in the study region.

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Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.311180

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