Transitioning to Organic Crop Production: A Dynamic Programming Approach

Despite evidence that organic cropping systems in the Midwest can be more profitable than conventional systems, only a small percentage of cropland has been certified as organic. This paper models the decision to transition to organic crop production as a dynamic programming problem in which investm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Timothy A. Delbridge, Robert P. King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/246250