Hexern, R.W. and Boxley, R.F.
(1986)
Trends in double cropping.
Documentation.
Economic Research Service, Washington.
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Abstract
U.S. farmers increased double-cropped acreage from 5.8 to 12.4 million acres during 1974-82, from 1.9 percent of all acres harvested in 1974 to nearly 4 percent in 1982. Double cropping v^as expanding because of rising commodity prices and producers' adoption of advanced technologies in plant varieties and farming practices. Appalachia, the Delta States, and the Southeast shovi^ed the sharpest growth in double cropping, partly because grov^ing seasons there are relatively long. Double cropping declined after 1982 because of weak soybean prices. Government-sponsored idhng of some wheat acreage that would otherwise have been double cropped, and unfavorable weather in several important double-cropping areas
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Monograph
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Double cropping, conservation tillage, cropping systems,
management |
| Author Affiliation: |
Natural Resource Economics Division, Economic |
| Subjects: |
Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: |
Soyabean |
| Depositing User: |
Ms K Syamalamba
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| Date Deposited: |
11 Nov 2013 05:19 |
| Last Modified: |
11 Nov 2013 05:19 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12125 |
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