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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698616203321

Autore

McBride William D.

Titolo

The profit potential of certified organic field crop production / / William D. McBride ; Catherine Greene ; Linda Foreman ; and Mir Ali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , [2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 46 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Economic research report ; ; number 188

Soggetti

Organic farming - Economic aspects - United States

Field crops - Economic aspects - United States

Corn - Organic farming - Economic aspects - United States

Wheat - Organic farming - Economic aspects - United States

Soybean - Organic farming - Economic aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed July 30, 2015).

"July 2015."

Accompanied by summary report.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-36).

Nota di contenuto

Summary -- Introduction -- Background and Objective -- Challenges of Organic Field Crop Production -- Organic and Conventional Field Crop Prices -- Organic Cropping Systems Literature -- Organic and Conventional Field Crop Yields -- Characteristics and Costs of Organic and Conventional Crop Farms -- Corn -- Wheat -- Soybeans -- Organic and Conventional Production Cost Differences -- Organic Transition and Certification Costs -- Returns to Organic Field Crop Production -- Conclusions.