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Abstract
Strip intercropping of corn and soybeans
can result in improved corn yields but
at the cost of reduced soybean yields.
Additionally, machinery and labor costs
may be increased with strip cropping
due to the use of smaller equipment.
We present a systematic comparison of
the relative net revenue differences for a
large-scale corn-soybean operation under
conventional and strip intercropping
production practices. Although strip
intercropping resulted in greater gross
receipts than monoculture within a
field, costs of machine ownership and
operation and labor were much higher,
resulting in lower net returns.