Economics of No-till and Cover Crops
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Economics of No-till and Cover Crops
- 1. Datu Case Studies Economics of No-Till and Cover Crops Marcy Lowe SWCS Annual Meeting, Madison,WI August 1, 2017
- 2. 2014 CIG, Datu Research and NACD Datu Research • 4 Farmer Case Studies National Association of Conservation Districts • 160+ Soil Health Champions 2 www.daturesearch.com
- 3. Method: Partial Budget Analysis 3 www.daturesearch.com • Focus on changes in income attributed to adoption • Baseline is average of three years before study period • Categories determined by literature review, consultations, interviews • Each change in income expressed in $/acre • Data from farmer records and in-depth interviews • Validation by each case study farmer
- 4. 4 Cases 4 www.daturesearch.com K.F. Farm Diaz Farm Willis Farm Moore Farm Location Effingham County Illinois Stephenson County Illinois Gentry County Missouri Howard County Iowa Years of No-Till 23 26 30 25 Years of Cover Cropping 0* 5 4 3 Crop Corn-soybean rotation Corn-soybean rotation Corn-soybean rotation Corn-soybean rotation Livestock Hog - Cow-calf - Acreage 1,800 25 1,500 2,300
- 5. TheWillis Farm Examples from case study
- 6. 2013-16 Cover Crops and Cash Crops 6 www.daturesearch.com
- 7. Income ChangesAttributedTo Cover Crops 7 www.daturesearch.com 2013
- 11. Budget Impact of Conservation Incentive Programs 11 www.daturesearch.com
- 12. Budget Impact By Category 12 www.daturesearch.com
- 13. Yield Compared to County Average 13 www.daturesearch.com
- 16. 16 www.daturesearch.com “Before, the water would run down there and run over the road. But since Michael did the cover crops, the water doesn’t run over the roads anymore. It’s not eroding, and it’s not cutting ditches.” --Ron Hillyard, adjacent landowner
- 17. Takeaways From All Four Case Studies 17 www.daturesearch.com • Economic benefit takes time and experimenting • Incentive programs further help the bottom line • Adopters reap rewards from self-education • Reduced fertilizer costs can bring dramatic savings • In all four cases, adoption reduced erosion repairs
- 18. 18 www.daturesearch.com Thank you for your attention! Marcy Lowe CEO, Datu Research mlowe@daturesearch.com