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The Profit Potential of Certified Organic Field Crop Production

  • by William D. McBride, Catherine Greene, Linda Foreman and Mir Ali
  • 7/27/2015
  • ERR-188

Overview

This study uses data from targeted surveys of organic corn, wheat, and soybean production in an observational analysis of cost-of-production differences between conventional and organic crop production systems. Findings of this research suggest that significant economic returns are possible from organic crop production, mainly due to organic price premiums.

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