Effects of tillage method and crop rotation on non-renewable energy use efficiency in the thin Black Soil Zone

Non-Peer ReviewedLow prices for cereal grains, coupled with changing government policies and programs, and increasing concerns about soil and environmental degradation are stimulating significant change in land use practices throughout western Canada. The adoption and use of diversified crop rotations, together with conservation tillage practices are becoming widely accepted. However, little is known about the impacts of these land use changes on the requirements for non-renewable energy inputs and on energy use efficiency. This study examines the effects of alternative tillage practices on nonrenewable energy inputs, energy output, and energy use efficiency for monoculture cereal, cereal-oilseed, and cereal-oilseed-pulse crop rotations in the Thin Black soil zone of Saskatchewan

Economics of integrated crop management systems in the Dark Brown Soil Zone

Non-Peer ReviewedLow commodity prices, rising input costs, and increasing concerns about environmental degradation are encouraging producers in western Canada to consider alternative soil tillage and weed management methods that conserve resource inputs. However, little is known about the economic merits of these management changes. This study determines the effects of six integrated soil, cultural, and weed management practices on production costs, economic returns, and riskiness for a Wheat (W)-Canola (C)-Barley (B)-Pea (P) rotation in the Dark Brown Soil Zone of Saskatchewan

Energy efficiency of integrated crop management systems in the Dark Brown Soil Zone

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The influence of conservation tillage on economic returns and riskiness of cropping systems in the thin Black Soil Zone

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