Results
 High-Oil Corn
 Special Purpose Crop Production
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Economic analysis of specialty grain crops
Objectives:
A whole farm management profit and risk model
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Establish an appropriate range of alternative planting dates, maturity groups and plant populations for the production of baseline, “traditional� corn, full season soybean, double cropped soybean and wheat for the study area.
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Develop a whole farm management model to assess the economic performance of these alternative production practices and crops to compare their relative success in profit maximization and risk management potential.
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Identify and economically evaluate selected alternative crops for profitability and risk management potential.
An economic evaluation of nonGMO Corn and nonGMO soybeans
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Economically evaluate non-GMO corn and soybeans for profitability and risk management potential by comparing the economic performance of these to the alternative of producing GMO corn and soybeans.
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Ascertain the sensitivity of these production management decisions in light of changes in the agronomic (e.g., yield differentials between GMO and nonGMO) and economic (e.g., the level of nonGMO price premium) environment.
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