Identifying Threshold Technical Advances Required for Incorporating Alternative Crops Into Current Crop Mixes

M. Edward Rister, Matthew Stockton (), James W. Richardson, Gregory M. Perry, David Bessler (), John E. Matocha, John Bremer, Steve Livingston, Lucas Reyes and James Novak

No 270140, 1987 Annual Meeting, August 2-5, East Lansing, Michigan from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Prospects for incorporating a currently non-competitive alternative crop into agricultural producers' annual crop mix portfolio are investigated. Through iterative use of a whole fann simulation model, it is demonstrated Texas Coastal Bend soybean yields must increase in excess of 50% to economically compete with present grain sorghum and cotton acreage.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1987-08-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.270140

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