Balancing multiple objectives in organic feed and forage cropping systems

Weed control in organic horticultural cropping systems

A review of organic growers' concerns about weeds is presented and several issues that may ease those concerns are highlighted. The underlying principles of organic weed management (OWM) are briefly discussed and results from organic grower surveys regarding weed management practices in organic horticultural cropping are presented. The most common weeds encountered by organic growers, often tho...

Weed Control in Organic Cropping Systems

Feed Grains and Forage

rarily checked in 1932 because of the short corn crop in the western Corn Belt in 1931. Indications are that the increase in hog production is now being resumed. Low prices for cows have resulted in the holding back of dairy and beef cows, and breeding stock on farms is now at the highest level in the history of this country. Sheep numbers, which reached a new high record in 1931, were reduced ...

Comparing Energy Use in Conventional and Organic Cropping Systems

Energy consumption can vary signifi cantly between conventional and organic production systems when accounting for direct energy inputs as well as indirect energy involved in manufacturing, shipping and applying pesticides and nitrogen-based fertilizers. Because organic agriculture reduces the amount of indirect energy inputs, it is often assumed that organic agriculture is less energy intensiv...

Comparing Energy Use in Conventional and Organic Cropping Systems

Energy consumption can vary signifi cantly between conventional and organic production systems when accounting for direct energy inputs as well as indirect energy involved in manufacturing, shipping and applying pesticides and nitrogen-based fertilizers. Because organic agriculture reduces the amount of indirect energy inputs, it is often assumed that organic agriculture is less energy intensiv...