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- Title
Old is New Again: The Economics of Agricultural Gypsum Use.
- Authors
Batte, Marvin T.; Forster, D. Lynn
- Abstract
Gypsum use on cropland offers a number of potential benefits. We surveyed a sample of farmers to learn more about their experiences with gypsum. Respondents' evaluations of gypsum suggest significant benefits in a number of areas related to soil fertility and condition, water management, and crop performance. Most estimated their gypsum use to be profitable, and their mean partial benefit to cost (B/C) ratio was 1.68. Benefits from gypsum usage were not instantaneous, but rather increased over time. Also, substantial off-farm benefits were likely realized with their gypsum use.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FARMS; GYPSUM; SOIL fertility; CROP ecology; SOIL productivity
- Publication
Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers, 2015, p56
- ISSN
0003-116X
- Publication type
Article