@article{Ellis:345984, recid = {345984}, author = {Ellis, Robert}, title = {The Economic Costs And Optimal Machinery For Cover Crops In Kentucky}, address = {2022}, series = {IFMA23}, pages = {28}, year = {2022}, note = {Twenty-Third International Farm Management Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022}, abstract = {This paper uses a linear-programming resource allocation model combined with sequencing and machinery selection to optimize the practices and machinery utilization of a Kentucky grain farm. After establishing a base model, further models were developed to evaluate the adoption of cover crops into a traditional row crop system. This was accomplished through maximizing returns over selected costs at various acreage adoption levels. Additionally, a decision tool was developed to assess the costs related to cover crop adoption. The results show a $30 per acre cost to adopt 1000 acres of cover crops when no benefits were considered.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/345984}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.345984}, }