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Risk Analysis of Tillage Alternatives with Government Programs

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  • Jeffery R. Williams
  • Richard V. Llewelyn
  • G. Art Barnaby

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Stochastic dominance analysis of two tillage systems, conventional tillage and no-tillage, for five crop rotations, wheat-fallow, grain sorghum-fallow, continuous wheat, continuous grain sorghum, and wheat-grain sorghum-fallow, shows that risk-averse managers prefer a conventional tillage wheat-sorghum-fallow system. Small changes in production costs or yields lead to indifference between this system and the no-tillage wheat-sorghum-fallow and no-till and conventional wheat-fallow systems. Participation in the basic government commodity program generally increases average net returns and lowers variation of returns. Government commodity program payments calculated under a variety of scenarios do not generally encourage the use of no-till practices for grain sorghum and wheat in the central Great Plains.

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  • Jeffery R. Williams & Richard V. Llewelyn & G. Art Barnaby, 1990. "Risk Analysis of Tillage Alternatives with Government Programs," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 72(1), pages 172-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:72:y:1990:i:1:p:172-181.
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