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Soil Quality Assessment and Applications for Field Staff Training

Lesson 8 - Economics of Soil Quality Management and Improvements

Participants: Reference Material: Instructors:
8 Student Guide 8.1 Economic Performance of Alternative Tillage Systems in the Northern Corn Belt 8 Lesson Outline
8.1 Economics of Soil Quality (ppt handouts) 8.1 Harvesting Crop Residue: What's it Worth? 8 Student Guide for Instructors
8.3 Economic Tools for Soil Quality (ppt handouts) 8.1 Would Energy Prices be as High if Farmers used More No-till? 8.1 Lesson Plan - Economics of Soil Quality
  Additional Reading (Electronic Only):

 

 8.1 Economics of Soil Quality PowerPoint
  The ABCs of How Nature Serves the Nation 8.1 Economics of Soil Quality (ppt notes pages)
  The Adoption and Diffusion of Conservation Technologies 8.1 Economic Performance of Alternative Tillage (Archer Poster)
  Economic Risk, Returns, and Input Use Under Ridge and Conventional Tillage in the Northern Corn Belt, USA 8.2 Lesson Plan - Farm Management Decisions
  Biodiesel: The Sustainability Dimensions 8.3 Lesson Plan - Economic Tools for Soil Quality Management
  Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop 8.3 Economic Tools for Soil Quality PowerPoint
  Going Carbon Neutral 8.3 Economic Tools for Soil Quality (ppt notes pages)
  Economics of Grazing (ppt handouts) Alternative Presentations:
  An Economic Analysis of Potential Rotation Crops for Maine Potato Cropping Systems 8.1 PowerPoint (Lamm)
  Nutrient, Labor, Energy and Economic Evaluations of Two Farming Systems in Iowa  
  Soil Carbon Sequestration Opportunities for Montana Producers  
  Environmental, Energetic and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems  

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