Sentences with phrase «case conventional farming»
As regards species diversity, in 15 out of 23 investigations organic agriculture performed better; in no case conventional farming had a better performance.
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In comparing organic and conventional systems, van Elzakker and Tulip (2000) have reported that organic farmers have started to obtain high cotton yields compared to conventional farming systems in the same case study sites.
According to an industry source, about 80 percent of organic production currently comes from family farms, and organic growers (especially in the case of vegetables) produce on smaller areas than conventional farmers.
Of the various comparisons, the Wheat Pool farm at Watrous could do the comparison between zero till and conventional till with banding of fertilizers in both cases.
A new case in Minnesota could be just the opposite scenario: Oluf and Debra Johnson say that pesticides from surrounding conventional farms have been wafting onto their 1500 - acre organic farm — damaging their crop and impacting their profits.