This paper analyzed the financial ramifications of differences in seasonal input requirements of cowcalf operations by comparing a defined 90-day calving season to year-round calving. Assuming the same calving rate and labor requirements for both production systems, as well as no premiums for...

The objective of this study was to determine production costs for both conventional tillage and no-till for continuous monoculture wheat production in the southern Great Plains. The reduction in the price of glyphosate after the original patent expired has improved the relative economics of...

The net present value (NPV) criterion was employed to develop an economic model that can be used to determine if and when it is optimal to replace an existing switchgrass stand with an alternative higher biomass yielding cultivar. Yield data from a randomized field experiment conducted from 1994...