Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture commitment to sustainable agriculture / Charles E. Hess
  • Background and status of the low-input sustainable agriculture program / Neill Schaller
  • Challenges and rewards of sustainable agriculture research and education / R. James Cook
  • Overview of current sustainable agriculture research / John C. Gardner [and others]
  • Economic considerations in sustainable agriculture for Midwestern farmers / Michael Duffy
  • Comparative study of organic and conventional tomato production systems : an approach to on-farm systems studies / Carol Shennan [and others]
  • STEEP : a model for conservation and environmental research and education / Robert I. Papendick.
  • Soil moisture monitoring : a practical route to irrigation efficiency and farm resource conservation / Gail Richardson
  • Research and education in the Western region / Dale R. Darling
  • A farmers' perspective / Robert A. Klicker
  • Southeastern apple integrated pest management / Dan L. Horton, Douglas G. Pfeiffer, and Floyd F. Hendrix, Jr.
  • Low-input crop and livestock systems in the Southeastern United States / John M. Luna [and others]
  • Solarization and living mulch to optimize low-input production system for small fruits / Kim Patten [and others]
  • Research and education in the South / Raymond E. Frisbie
  • New strategies for reducing insecticide use in the corn belt / Gerald R. Sutter and David R. Lance.
  • On-farm research comparing conventional and low-input sustainable agriculture systems in the northern Great Plains / Thomas L. Dobbs, James D. Smolik, and Clarence Mends
  • Low-input, high-forage beef production / Terry Klopfenstein
  • Low-input sustainable agriculture projects, Alternative agriculture, and related issues / Harold F. Reetz, Jr.
  • Long-term, low-input cropping systems research / Rhonda R. Janke [and others]
  • Perspectives for sustainable agriculture from nutrient management experiences in Pennsylvania / Les E. Lanyon
  • Use of fungal pathogens for biological control of insect pests / Raymond I. Carruthers, Alan J. Sawyer, and Kirsten Hural
  • Time frame for sustainable agriculture and pollution prevention research / Clayton W. Ogg.
  • Sustainable agriculture research and education in the Northeast / James F. Parr
  • Sustainable agriculture research and education in the field / Neil H. Pelsue, Jr.
  • Assessing the progress of sustainable agriculture research / Jonathan H. Harsch
  • Low-input sustainable agriculture farm decision support system / John E. Ikerd
  • Voison controlled grazing management : a better way to farm / William M. Murphy
  • Expert systems : an aid to adoption of sustainable agriculture systems / Edwin G. Rajotte and Timothy Bowser.