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Rotation Impact on Winter Wheat
Rotation Cost in $/bu*
  1997 Low High 1993 - 1996
WW - Corn - Chickpea 2.14 1.68 3.39 2.36
SW - WW - Corn - SB 2.00 2.08 3.46 2.49
WW - SB - Corn - Lentil 3.80 2.85 5.34 3.35

*Used 1997 Production Costs for calculating 1993-1997 Cost/Unit of Production.

 

Rotation Impact on Corn
Rotation Cost in $/bu*
  1997 Low High 1993 - 1996
WW - Corn - Chickpea 1.40 1.36 1.98 1.69
SW - WW - Corn - SB 1.58 1.51 1.73 1.59
WW - SB - Corn - Lentil 1.05 1.24 2.29 1.62

*Used 1997 Production Costs for calculating 1993-1997 Cost/Unit of Production.

 

Rotation Impact on Soybean
Rotation Cost in $/bu*
  1997 Low High 1993 - 1996
SW - WW - Corn - SB 3.02 3.61 5.41 4.33
WW - SB - Corn - Lentil 3.40 3.90 6.66 5.15

*Used 1997 Production Costs for calculating 1993-1997 Cost/Unit of Production.

 

Rotation Impact on Sunflower
Rotation Cost in $/bu*
  1997 Low High 1993 - 1996
SW - WW - Corn - SB .07 .07 .14 .09
WW - SB - Corn - Lentil .08 .08 .15 .11

*Used 1997 Production Costs for calculating 1993-1997 Cost/Unit of Production.

                    

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