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2016 Logan County Fall Farm Outlook Magazine
Lincoln Daily News
sadly lacking. He decided it was his “calling” to take
up this subject and provide better information.
Ritter offers some income comparisons between
conventional versus organic crops.
Conventional farming in 2015, yields were higher, but
prices were down and input costs up. While an organic
farmer will pay more for organic fertilizers and labor,
the increased selling price offsets these costs.
2015 conventional soybeans saw high yields of 60 to 80
bushels, but the clear or net income was only about half
of that from an organic field yields at 36 to 80 bushels
per acre.
Ritter said another good thing to point out is that for
so long, it appeared that organic crop yields were
much lower than the yields of conventional crops. He
said this is no longer the case. Organic field yields
are coming in within 75 percent of the comparable
conventional crop.
Root crops are reaching peak production, and
leaf crops are at peak sweetness with cooler
weather. PrairiErth is offering an abundance of
both organically grow.
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