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Reducing off‐farm inputs with crop diversity, IPM, and conservation practices
Author(s) -
Ehmke Tanner
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2016-49-0503
Subject(s) - certification , diversity (politics) , sustainability , crop diversity , crop , production (economics) , agroforestry , agricultural science , business , crop production , agricultural economics , agronomy , agricultural engineering , environmental science , economics , biology , ecology , engineering , agriculture , political science , management , macroeconomics , law
The benefits of crop diversity are well known, but where do crop diversity and conservation practices pay off the most in production systems? Researchers at Penn State University are now in the seventh year of research looking to reduce off‐farm inputs, limit environmental impact, and buffer farms against variability of input costs. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Sustainability by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/793 .