Abstract
Yield, input, and economic data from research plots in central Mississippi are being used to test the economic potential of organic vegetable crop production. A six-part, multi-year rotation, including winter and summer cover crops, has been set up to generate yield, cost, and economic return data from vegetables produced in Mississippi using methods allowed by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National Organic Standards and accepted by local growers employing pesticide-free and other similar management methods. Data being collected include labor and input costs, yields, and market prices for harvested crops. Marketable produce is being sold through a grower-retailer at a farmer's market. During 2004, the first full year of the rotation, 10 vegetable species were included in the plots. Pest pressure has generally been minimal. With one exception [one of two potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) cultivars failed to produce a good stand], all crops planted have produced fair to excellent yields. Crops generating high retail prices in this study include potatoes, snap beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ), and leaf lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ). In the future, the yield and price data being generated will be combined with new and existing cost data to create enterprise and production budgets for use by perspective and existing organic vegetable growers.
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Claim · model-written summary
Pest pressure was generally minimal in the organic vegetable plots.
Verbatim
e0“Pest pressure has generally been minimal.”
t0“Vegetable”
Claim · model-written summary
One potato cultivar failed to establish a good stand.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosume0 - Material
- one of two potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) cultivarse0
- Outcome
- good stande0
- Direction
- failed to producee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“one of two potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) cultivars failed to produce a good stand”
Claim · model-written summary
Apart from one potato cultivar, all planted crops produced fair to excellent yields.
Verbatim
e0“With one exception [one of two potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) cultivars failed to produce a good stand], all crops planted have produced fair to excellent yields.”
t0“Vegetable”
Claim · model-written summary
Potatoes generated high retail prices in the trial.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosume0
- Outcome
- retail pricese0
- Direction
- highe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Crops generating high retail prices in this study include potatoes, snap beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ), and leaf lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ).”
Claim · model-written summary
Snap beans generated high retail prices in the trial.
Verbatim
e0“Crops generating high retail prices in this study include potatoes, snap beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ), and leaf lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ).”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf lettuce generated high retail prices in the trial.
Verbatim
e0“Crops generating high retail prices in this study include potatoes, snap beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ), and leaf lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ).”