"Compared to when he was farming conventionally, Joe finds that organic farming requires 50% more labor and twice as much management. Describing his farm as organic by design, Joe continuously evaluates and adjusts his farming practices, striving to design a system where everything works together."Does conventional production agriculture substitute capital (i.e., machinery and inputs) for management?
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Wednesday, April 05, 2017
Organic Dairy
Extension has a long and detailed study of an organic dairy operation, favorable in most respects, but this jumped out at me:
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