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APPLICATION OF A FARM-LEVEL ECONOMIC SIMULATION MODEL TO EVALUATE TILLAGE PRACTICES

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  Watershed ManWatershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and TMDLS (Total Maximum Daily Load) Proceedings of the 10-14 March 2007, San Antonio, Texas  701P0207.(doi:10.13031/2013.22494)
Authors:   Edward Osei
Keywords:   Economic models, simulation, FEM, tillage, costs

The Farm-level Economic Model (FEM) is a holistic economic model developed to simulate the farm-level economic impacts of agricultural policies or practices. FEM is particularly designed for evaluating the economic impacts of conservation practices or agro-environmental policies on farms. Over the past 10 years, FEM has been used in many watershed applications by itself and in integration with a number of environmental simulation models.

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