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Mongabay: Organic farming is more profitable and economically secure than conventional farming even over the long-term, according to a new study in Agronomy Journal. Using experimental farm plots, researchers with the University of Minnesota found that organic beat conventional even if organic price premiums (i.e. customers willing to pay more for organic) were to drop as much as 50 percent.
"Doing an economic study like this, it’s important to get as complete a picture of the yield variability as we can,"......
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Organic farming can be more profitable in the long-term than conventional agriculture
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