Organic Food - Production Issues

Abstract:  The transition from conventional to organic production is a challenging and risky activity.  Weed and pest management are well documented management challenges during conversion.  How well these challenges are handled will have a substantial impact on the economic performance of the farming business.  This research addresses the financial performance of the farm during transition from conventional to organic production and to investigate the private economic net returns for alternative transition strategies.  This research considers farm level economic consequences of conversion from conventional to organic production.

	Batte, Marvin T., D. Lynn Forster, and Fred J. Hitzhusen.  "Organic Agriculture in Ohio:  An Economic Perspective".  Journal of Production Agriculture.  Vol 6, No. 4. (1993):536-542.  (Copyrighted - see Journal)
	Batte, Marvin T. and Deborh H. Stinner.  "Economics of Organic Transition: The Ohio Experimental Results."  Presented at Transitioning to Organic Agriculture:  Ecology, Economics, and Marketing, August 29-31, 2005, Wooster, Ohio.

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