Data/hora: 27/07/2024 03:03:18

Provedor de dados: 	Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Profitability of Intensifying Cropping in the Mallee Region of Victoria	
Autores: 	O'Brian,   Kate.	
Data: 	2012-06-01	
Ano: 	1999	
Palavras-chave: 	Crop Production/Industries.	
Resumo: 	A whole farm linear programming model, PRISM, was used to investigate the profitability of adopting a more intensive crop rotation in the central Mallee region of Victoria (annual rainfall 300-350mm). The model was optimised for farm profit with different amounts of working capital so that optimal proportions of a wheat-field peawheat- lupin rotation and a pasture-pasture-wheat rotation were included in the enterprise mix. Based on average yields from a 10 year rotation at the Mallee Research Station, Walpeup, increasing crop intensity from 33% of the farm to 77% of the farm increased annual profit by 38%. When the model was run again using typical input costs and average yields achieved in the region, intensification of cropping decreased annual profit by 86%. Average crop yields and wheat growing costs in the region were 20% lower than the Mallee Research Station, Walpeup. The analysis indicated that the profitability of more intensive cropping in this region is highly dependant on crop yields.	
Tipo: 	Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://purl.umn.edu/124500	
Relação: 	Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society&gt;1999 Conference (43th), January 20-22, 1999, Christchurch, New Zealand	
Formato: 	12