• Why another journal?
  Garth Youngberg
• Environmental consequences of modern production agriculture: How can alternative agriculture address these concerns?
  Robert I. Papendick, Lloyd F. Elliott, and Robert B. Dahlgren
• The role of sustainable agriculture in improving the safety and quality of the food supply
  Katherine L. Clancy
• Interrelationships of plant health and the sustainability of agriculture
  R. James Cook
• The economic implications of organic farming
  Terry Cacek and Linda Langner
• An ecological basis for the development of alternative agricultural systems for small farmers in the Third World
  Miguel A. Altieri and M. Kat Anderson
• Developing policy for a resource-conserving agriculture: The 1985 Food Security Act in perspective
  Harold Guither

• Bacterial solubilization of mineral phosphates: Historical perspective and future prospects
  Alan H. Goldstein
• Reduced-input agricultural systems: Rationale and prospects
  Frederick H. Buttel, Gilbert W. Gillespie, Jr., Rhonda Janke, Brian Caldwell, and Marianne Sarrantonio
• The potential for regenerative agriculture in the developing world
  Charles A. Francis, Richard R. Harwood, and James F. Parr
• Income effects of limiting soil erosion under organic, conventional, and no-till systems in eastern Pennsylvania
  Jean L. Domanico, Patrick Madden, and Earl J. Partenheimer
• Urban consumers' attitudes towards locally grown produce
  William Lockeretz
• Fungal associations on field-weathered plants and their role in residue decomposition
  Marion E. Simpson, Paul B. Marsh, and Lawrence J. Sikora

• The transition to organic agriculture: A multi-year simulation model of a Pennsylvania farm
  Stephan Dabbert and Patrick Madden
• Comparison of the phosphorus status of soils managed organically and conventionally
  Laura L. Lengnick and Larry D. King
• A cropping systems approach to salinity management in California
  Kenneth G. Cassman and D. William Rains
• Farmers' opinions about third-wave technologies
  Paul Lasley and Gordon Bultena
• Integrated fish farming: An international effort
  Gerald Schroeder

• Dairy farm feeding and income effects of using Voisin grazing management of permanent pastures
  William M. Murphy, John R. Rice, and David T. Dugdale
• An economic analysis of alternative cropping systems for east-central Nebraska
  Glenn A. Helmers, Michael R. Langemeier, and Joseph Atwood
• Strip cropping corn and grain legumes: A review
  Charles Francis, Alice Jones, Kent Crookston, Kyle Wittler, and Sondra Goodman
• A comparative study of pith cell death in stalk internodes of corn grown on organic and conventional fields
  M.S. Kang
• A hierarchical approach to sustainable agriculture
  Richard Lowrance, Paul F. Hendrix, and Eugene P. Odum
• A simple and precise assay for microbial and enzymatic decomposition of cellulose applicable in agricultural research
  Paul B. Marsh and Marion E. Simpson

• Agricultural chemicals in ground water: Extent and implications
  George R. Hallberg
• Rotations: The key to farm success
  John Vogelsberg
• Making the transition to low input agriculture: A farmer's perspective
  Jess (Josh) C. Andrew, III
• Alternative production systems to reduce nitrates in ground water
  Robert I. Papendick, Lloyd F. Elliott, and James F. Power
• Alternative futures of agricultural pest management
  George W. Bird
• Ground water pollution: Research strategies and priorities
  Robert H. Miller
• Ground water research, information, and policy needs: Strategies and priorities for extension
  Charles A. Francis
• Agriculture and ground water quality: A public policy perspective
  Charles W. Abdalla and Lawrence W. Libby
• Commentary: Social and economic consequences of four systems of biological nitrogen fixation in cereals
  Harold F. Breimyer and Lowell D. Hill

• An agronomic and economic comparison of a conventional and a low-input cropping system in the Palouse
  Walter A. Goldstein and Douglas L. Young
• Midwestern organic farming: A ten-year follow-up
  William Lockeretz and Patrick Madden
• Restoring the productivity of marginal soils with organic amendments
  Sharon B. Hornick and James F. Parr
• Legumes: Their potential role in agricultural production
  James F. Power
• An innovative in-field cattle finishing system for the tropics
  Devindar Singh and J.R. Carpenter
• Commentary: Why consider alternative production systems?
  Robert I. Papendick

• Influence of alternative and conventional agricultural management on soil microbial processes and nitrogen availability
  John W. Doran, Daniel G. Fraser, Martin N. Culik, and William C. Liebhardt
• Self identified research needs of New York organic farmers
  Brian P. Baker and Douglas B. Smith
• Riparian forest communities and their role in nutrient conservation in an agricultural watershed
  Joseph L. Fail, Jr., Bruce L. Haines, and Robert L. Todd
• Agricultural chemicals in ground water: Preventing contamination by removing barriers against low-input farm management
  Malcolm H. Fleming
• Commentary: Establishing the proper role for on-farm research
  William Lockeretz

• Role of ecology in lower-input, sustainable agriculture: An introduction
  Benjamin R. Stinner and Garfield J. House
• The concept of integrated systems in lower input/sustainable agriculture
  Clive A. Edwards
  Key words: lowered input, fewer cultivations, more rotations, less fertilizer, less ground water contamination, integrated farm management
• Ecological genetics and evolution in insect pests: Implications for lower input agriculture
  Ellen L. Simms
  Key words: ecology, environment, evolution, gene, insect control, resistance
• Species interactions and community ecology in low external-input agriculture
  Stephen R. Gliessman
  Key words: cover crops, crop communities, disturbed habitats, environmental changes, intercropping, plant species interactions
• Strategies for research and management in reduced-input agroecosystems
  Paul F. Hendrix
  Key words: ecology, N fertilizer, reduced input, reductionism, productivity, ecosystems, managerial complexity
• Impacts of low and high input agriculture on landscape structure and function
  Richard Lowrance and Peter M. Groffman
  Key words: Michigan, Georgia, corn, nitrate, yield, crop surpluses
• Sustainable agriculture and the challenge of place
  David Ehrenfeld
  Key words: farmer, extension, advisor, two-way communication, independent farm management

• Traditional management of a hillside agroecosystem in Tlaxcala, Mexico: An ecologically based maintenance system
  Daniel C. Mountjoy and Stephen R. Gliessman
  Key words: agroecology, water management, sustainable agriculture, food needs, increasing population
• Preferences for crop production practices among conventional and alternative farmers
  Frederick H. Buttel and Gilbert W. Gillespie, Jr.
  Key words: New York farmers, conventional, organic, reduced input practices, pest resistance, desease resistance, tillage prictices
• Weed seed destruction by arthropods and rodents in low-input soybean agroecosystems
  Gerald E. Brust and Garfield J. House
  Key words: ants, beetles, mice, selective seed eating, conventional tillage, no-till, no insecticide, minimal herbicide
• Factors influencing the economic potential for alternative farming systems: Case analyses in South Dakota
  Thomas L. Dobbs, Mark G. Leddy, and James D. Smolik
  Key words: alternative farming system, conventional till, reduced till, oats, barley, alfalfa, sweet corn, soybeans, spring wheat
• Improving the relevance of formal education and training in preparing international students as change agents for low-input agriculture
  Kristin Cashman and Edgar Persons
  Key words: foreign students, University of Minnesota, less-industrialized countries (LICs), agricultural technology, organic farming, sustainable agriculture
• Commentary: Resolving conflicts in American land-use values: How organic farming can help
  Frederick Kirschenmann
  Key words: Puritans, theocracy, crop production, soil stewardship, property rights, erosion, ecology, environmental pollution, sustainability

• Biologically based methods of pest control: Contributions to a sustainable agriculture
  Garth Youngberg and Richard Ridgway
• Biological control and holistic plant-health care in agriculture
  R. James Cook
  Key words: plant diseases, fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, plant breeding, cultural practices, tillage, planting date, non-pathogens, biocontrol agents
• Biological control of arthropod pests: Traditional and emerging technologies
  Marjorie A. Hoy
  Key words: biocontrol agents, improvement, selection, hybridization, recombinant DNA technology, forests, rangelands, farmlands
• Biological control of weeds
  George E. Templeton
  Key words: spores, plant pathogen, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Collego™, DeVine™, weed killer, northern jointvetch, discovery, development, mycoherbicides
• CASST™ herbicide (Alternaria cassiae): A case history of a mycoherbicide
  James S. Bannon
  Key words: pathogenic, Alternaria, biocontrol, sicklepod, coffee senna, showy crotalaria, commercial preparation, bioherbicide
• Use of biological control measures in the intensive management of insect pests in New Jersey
  James H. Lashomb, William Metterhouse, and Robert Chianese
  Key words: integrated pest management, insect movement, seasonal cycles, insect reproduction, parasitoids, forests, ornamentals, fruit trees, forage and field crops, vegetables, sod
• Pheromones: Their potential role in control of agricultural insect pests
  Philipp Kirsch
  Key words: chemical pesticides, toxicity, insect sex pheromone, mating disription, monitoring, oriental fruit moth, codling moth, pear, peach, pest management
• Biological control of soilborne plant pathogens
  Robert D. Lumsden and George C. Papavizas
  Key words: mycoparasites, Sporidesmium, Talaromyces flavus, Trichoderma, Gliocladium, root pathogens, Sclerotinia, Verticillium, Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Sclerotium
• Implementation of biological control
  Joop C. van Lenteren
  Key words: insect biological control, inoculative release, inundative release, vegetables, greenhouses, grower attitudes
• Economics of biological control of pests
  Gerald A. Carlson
  Key words: costs, constraints, farm labor, startup costs, pesticides, vegetables, small markets
• Biological pest control: Needs and opportunities
  Waldemar Klassen
  Key words: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962, pesticide residues, cranberries, milk, biocontrol, public policy, ground water protection, plant toxins, mutagens, oncogens
• Commentary: Research and extension agenda for sustainable agriculture
  Charles A. Francis, James W. King, Darrell W. Nelson, and Leo E. Lucas
  Key words: soil productivity, hybrids, varieties, lowered inputs, cultural practices, producer profits
• Commentary: Sustainability is not enough
  Vernon W. Ruttan
  Key words: sustainability definition, productivity increase, population growth, income increase, research implications

• Comparison of soil properties as influenced by organic and conventional farming systems
  John P. Reganold
  Key words: organic matter, cation exchange capacity, water content, enzyme levels, microbial biomass, erosion
• Use of organic amendments to increase the productivity of sand and gravel spoils: Effect on yield and composition of sweet corn
  Sharon B. Hornick
  Key words: feedlot manure, sewage sludge compost, root development, mine spoils, soil water content, yields, sweet corn
• Using crop diversity to manage pest problems: Some California examples
  Mary Louise Flint and Philip A. Roberts
  Key words: cropping patterns, weeds, insects, pathogens, nematodes, pest management, crop rotation, crop diversity, intercropping, multiple crops, economic feasibility
• On-farm experiment designs and implications for locating research sites
  Phil E. Rzewnicki, Richard Thompson, Gary W. Lesoing, Roger W. Elmore, Charles A. Francis, Anne M. Parkhurst, and Russell S. Moomaw
  Key words: research plot size, experimental error, actual commercial farms, randomization, replication, new technology, statistical reliability
• Commentary: Open questions in sustainable agriculture
  William Lockeretz
  Key words: organic soil amendments, crop rotation, pesticides, farm income, environmental pollution, organic farming, resource conservation, alternative agriculture, low-input agriculture

• Biological recycle farming in the People's Republic of China: The Doudian Village experiment
  Cheng Xu and James R. Simpson
  Key words: pond culture, Anabaena, blue-green alga, symbiont, Azolla, aquatic fern, swine feed, poultry feed
• Cultural practices for enhanced growth of young peach trees
  D.M. Glenn and W.V. Welker
  Key words: killed-sod, herbicide-strip, cultivation, runoff, soil structure, soil organic matter
• Understanding farm operator opposition to government regulation of agricultural chemicals and pharmaceuticals: The role of social class, objective interests, and ideology
  Gilbert W. Gillespie, Jr. and Frederick H. Buttel
  Key words: groundwater pollution, soil contaminants, health effects, feed additives, antibiotics, agribusiness, farm profits, farmer ideology, attitudes
• An analysis of the California market for organically grown produce
  Jacques Franco
  Key words: conventional produce, organic produce, broccoli, price premiums, transition growers, wholesalers, market size
• Commentary: What is alternative agriculture?
  Pierre Crosson
  Key words: pesticides, fertilizers, crop rotation, ecology, profitability, integrated pest management, yield loss
• Commentary: What is alternative agriculture?
  J. Patrick Madden
  Key words: agchemicals, pesticides, water quality, health concerns, environment, low input, sustainability, grapes
• Farm Profile: The Moore dairy farm
  Susan Gage and Stewart Smith

• Breeding crop varieties for low-input agriculture
  Gary N. Atlin and Kenneth J. Frey
  Key words: stress environments, genotype x environment interaction, corn breeding, nitrogen use, specific adaptation
• Comparison of harvest techniques for corn field demonstrations
  Charles A. Shapiro, William L. Kranz, and Anne M. Parkhurst
  Key words: technology transfer, long strips, small plots, corn prices, nitrogen prices
• Profits and risks of using crimson clover and hairy vetch cover crops in no-till corn production
  Stephen L. Ott and William L. Hargrove
  Key words: nitrogen, legumes, corn, fertilizer, yield, yield variance, economic risk
• High-yield aquaculture using low-cost feed and waste recycling methods
  Gerald L. Schroeder and Steven Serfling
  Key words: stocking densities, tilapia, agricultural residues, microbial processing, fish growth, recycling
• Comparative local economic benefits of conventional and alternative cropping systems
  William Lockeretz
  Key words: corn production, input level, local economic benefits, sustainability
• Commentary: CREST farming: A strategy for dryland farming in the Northern Great Plains-Intermountain Region
  James R. Sims
  Key words: sustainability, lower input, drought resistance, insect pests, weeds, nutrient deficiencies, nitrogen supply, legumes

• Toward a sustainable agriculture: Need for clarification of concepts and terminology
  Dennis R. Keeney
  Key words: soil erosion, fertilizers, pesticides, biotechnology, policy, education
• Low-input farming in practice: Putting a system together and making it work
  Frederick Kirschenmann
  Key words: sustainable, low-input, environment, whole systems, conventional agriculture, crop rotation, sod regeneration
• Crop rotation efficiencies and biological diversity in farming systems
  David F. Bezdicek and David Granatstein
  Key words: monoculture, genetic uniformity, plant epidemics, genetic engineering, transgenic plants, production inputs, sustainability
• The role and contributions of animals in alternative agricultural systems
  Frank H. Baker and Ned S. Raun
  Key words: conventional farming, fertilizers, high input, livestock, ruminants, rotations, pasture
• Widespread adoption of non-conventional agriculture: Profitability and impacts
  Sandra S. Batie and Daniel B. Taylor
  Key words: organic agriculture, conventional agriculture, low-input agriculture, alternative agriculture, fertilizers, pesticides
• Policy barriers to sustainable agriculture
  Douglas L. Young
  Key words: agricultural policy, sustainable agriculture, commodity programs, low-input agriculture, decoupling
• Implications of low-input farming systems for the U.S. position in world agriculture
  John E. Lee, Jr. and Kenneth Baum
  Key words: sustainability, environmental regulation, agricultural profitability, soil and water conservation, export capability
• Suistainable agriculture: Policy options and prospects
  Charles M. Benbrook
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, agricultural policy, water quality, cropping systems
• Environmental reform of agricultural policy in 1990 and beyond: Consider the source
  Kenneth A. Cook
  Key words: environmental problems, food safety, wildlife conservation, agricultural policy, ground water, research, extension, Alar
• Converting stewardship values into policy: The mission of the 1990 Farm Bill
  Ron Kroese
  Key words: farm sustainability, organic soil amendments, soil fertility, decreased pesticides, less synthetic fertilizer, crop diversity, food safety, water safety, tax reform, credit incentives
• Commentary: How organic producers can make classical biological control work for them
  R.G. Van Driesche
  Key words: classical biological control, alternative agriculture, introduced pests, parasites, predators, public policy
• Commentary: Trees and sustainable agriculture
  Peter R. Schaefer
  Key words: building materials, energy source, soil erosion protection, crop yield increase, livestock protection, wildlife habitat, aesthetic landscape enhancement

• Managing white clover living mulch for sweet corn production with partial rototilling
  Vernon P. Grubinger and Peter L. Minotti
  Key words: intercropping, fertilizer nitrogen, green manure, row arrangement, cover crops, corn smut
• Insect pollinators and sustainable agriculture
  Peter G. Kevan, E. Ann Clark, and Vernon G. Thomas
  Key words: orchard bees, bumblebees, squash bees, ecology, habitat conservation, private initiatives, public policy, alternative pollinators
• Effects of conversion to organic agricultural practices on soil biota
  Matthew R. Werner and Daniel L. Dindal
  Key words: organic soil amendments, tillage, soil respiration, nematodes, microarthropods, collembola, mites, earthworms
• Rainfall and previous crop effects on crop yields
  Todd Andrews Peterson, Charles A. Shapiro, and A. Dale Flowerday
  Key words: crop rotation, crop sequence, corn, soybean, grain sorghum
• The influence of conventional and compost fertilization on phosphorus use efficiency by broccoli in a phosphorus deficient soil
  Marc A. Buchanan and Stephen R. Gliessman
  Key words: pure efficiency, compost, vermicompost, broccoli, soil acidification, P absorption, manganese toxicity

• Alley cropping as a sustainable agriculture technology for the hillsides of Haiti: Experience of an agroforestry outreach project
  Michael E. Bannister and P.K.R. Nair
  Key words: agroforestry, alley cropping, Haiti, hedgerow intercropping, small-scale farming, soil conservation, sustainable agriculture
• Farming with reduced synthetic chemicals in North Carolina
  Molly Anderson
  Key words: low-input agriculture, fertilizers, pesticides, information sources, values
• Energy, water, and economic savings of improved production systems on the Texas High Plains
  Sharif M. Masud and Ronald D. Lacewell
  Key words: improved and conventional irrigation systems, irrigation water, limited tillage, economic impact, Texas High Plains, profit, natural gas, electricity, diesel fuel
• Policies, programs, and regulations to support the transition to sustainable agriculture in Canada
  Rod J. MacRae, Stuart B. Hill, John Henning, and Alison J. Bentley
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, policy, transition, research, training, regulation

• Farm program impacts on incentives for green manure rotations
  Douglas L. Young and Kathleen M. Painter
  Key words: farm policy, sustainable agriculture, commodity programs, green manures, crop rotations
• Organic viticulture in West Germany
  Stephen Dabbert and Jürgen Oberhofer
  Key words: organic viticulture, economics, survey, linear programming, quota, direct marketing
• Mechanical and cultural weed control in corn and soybeans
  Jeffrey L. Gunsolus
  Key words: mechanical weed control, cultural weed control, corn, soybeans, planting date, row spacing, crop rotation, crop stand loss, timeliness
• Economic impacts of extended grazing systems
  G.E. D'Souza, E.W. Maxwell, W.B. Bryan, and E.C. Prigge
  Key words: meadow management, cow/calf production, reduced inputs, economic impacts
• Ground water contamination from agricultural sources: Implications for voluntary policy adherence from Iowa and Virginia farmers' attitudes
  John M. Halstead, Steven Padgitt, and Sandra S. Batie
  Key words: ground water, public opinion, policy, nitrates, pesticides
• Commentary: Rotations: Influence and constraint from commodity programs
  Stephen Frerichs
  Key words: rotation, commodity programs, sustainable agriculture

• The meaning and benefits of partnership in agricultural research: Past successes—future potentials
  Roland Bunch
  Key words: research, farmer-managed research, Central America
• Learning from each other: A look at how we do research
  Robert H. Miller
  Key words: on-farm research, systems research, multidisciplinary research, sustainable agriculture research
• Participatory strategies for information change
  Charles Francis, James King, Jerry DeWitt, James Bushnell, and Leo Lucas
  Key words: extension, communications, ecosystems, technology transfer, networking, demonstrations
• Participatory research: A farmer's perspective
  Gordon Watkins
  Key words: participatory research, peer level participation, client orientation, farmers-first-and-last, Robert Chambers
• The on-farm research program of Practical Farmers of Iowa
  Richard and Sharon Thompson
  Key words: on-farm research, ridge tillage, nitrogen fertilizer, information transfer, experimental design
• Agricultural addiction
  Jim Bender
  Key words: agricultural chemicals, chemical addiction, livestock, farm size, farm ownership, part-time farming, noxious weeds, information exchange
• Responding to farmer's needs: An evolving land grant perspective
  John C. Gardner
  Key words: research policy, non-profit organizations, extension service, applied agricultural research
• Involving farmers in agricultural research: A farmer's perspective
  Kay Thornley
  Key words: publicly supported research, research oversight, research priorities, whole farm research, information management
• Farmers' role in sustainable agriculture research
  William Lockeretz and Molly D. Anderson
  Key words: on-farm research, low-input agriculture, demonstration projects, land-grant colleges
• Meeting the challenges to agricultural research and extension
  Richard Sauer
  Key words: agricultural research, agricultural extension, alternative agriculture, criticisms of current research/extension

• Managing nitrogen for sustainable corn systems: Problems and posibilities
  Fred Magdoff
  Key words: nitrogen management, nitrogen fertilizers, corn systems, nitrate pollution, farm-based N sources
• Raised field agriculture in Tlaxcala, Mexico: An ecosystem perspective on maintenance of soil fertility
  Timothy E. Crews and Stephen R. Gliessman
  Key words: agroecology, nutrient cycling, traditional farming, raised field, Alnus firmifolia
• Institutuional support for practicing sustainable agriculture
  Peter F. Korsching and James E. Malia
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, institutional support, chemical inputs, information sources, research needs, policy options
• In the face of change: A rapid reconnaissance survey of Northwest horticultural crop producers
  Laura S. Brophy, Helene Murray, Larry S. Lev, Richard P. Dick, and Lorna M. Butler
  Key words: sondeo, survey, farming systems research, horticultural systems, innovative agriculture, sustainable agriculture, team research
• The growing importance of food safety to Japanese consumers and its implications for United States farmers
  Raymond A. Jussaume, Jr.
  Key words: Japan, consumer cooperatives, food safety, trade, agriculture
• Commentary: Integrating social, environmental, and economic issues in sustainable agriculture
  Patricia Allen, Debra Van Dusen, Jakelyn Lundy, and Stephen Gliessman
  Key words: agricultural sustainability, sustainability definitions, food and agriculture system, social equity, sustainability goals

• Understory cover crops in pecan orchards: Possible management systems
  Robert L. Bugg, Marianne Sarrantonio, James D. Dutcher, and Sharad C. Phatak
  Key words: aphids, Aphididae, biological control, cover crops, Coccinellidae, Fabaceae, green manure crops, lady beetles, legumes, nutrient cycling
• Sustainable swine production in the U.S. Corn Belt
  Mark S. Honeyman
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, low-input livestock raising, manure, animal health, animal behavior, antibiotics, nutrient recycling
• Cover crop management effects on soybean and corn growth and nitrogen dynamics in an on-farm study
  D.L. Karlen and J.W. Doran
  Key words: Zea mays, Glycine max., hairy vetch, Vicia villosa (L.) Roth, nitrogen use efficiency, ridge tillage, disk tillage
• An economic assessment of maintaining high phosphorus and potassium soil test levels
  Craig Chase, Michael Duffy, John Webb, and Regis Voss
  Key words: phosphorus, potassium, application levels, agricultural profitability, soil test levels
• A survey of organic produce purchases and related attitudes of food cooperative shoppers
  Barbara J. Goldman and Katherine L. Clancy
  Key words: food safety, pesticide residues, consumer research, organic farming
• Commentary: Information requirements of reduced-chemical production methods
  William Lockeretz
  Key words: reduced-chemical systems, agroecology, farmers' management ability, fertilizers, insecticides, irrigation, soil testing, insect scouting, research methods

• Cover crop contributions to N supply and water conservation in corn production
  Preston G. Sullivan, David J. Parrish, and John M. Luna
  Key words: cover crop, green manure, intercrop, mulch, water conservation, rye, hairy vetch, bigflower vetch
• Comparison of the effect of leaf rust on the grain yield of resistant, partially resistant, and susceptible spring wheat cultivars
  R.P. Singh, T.S. Payne, P. Figueroa, and S. Valenzuela
  Key words: CIMMYT, durable genetic resistance, partial resistance, Puccinia recondita tritici
• The potential for Swedish farms to eliminate the use of artificial fertilizers
  Artur Granstedt
  Key words: ecosystems, case studies, nitrogen, nitrogen fixation, organic farming, Sweden
• Green leaf manuring as an alternative nitrogen source for castor bean on marginal soils of India
  G. Subba Reddy, B. Venkateswarlu, K.P.R. Vittal, and G.R.M. Shankar
  Key words: green leaf manuring, nitrogen fertilizer, castor bean, Alfisol
• Runoff impoundment for supplemental irrigation: An economic assessment
  F.G. Scrimgeour and G.W. Frasier
  Key words: water-harvesting, runoff-farming, drought, dryland-farming, model, simulation
• Commentary: Energetics and ecosystem integrity: The defining principles of sustainable agriculture
  Timothy E. Crews, Charles L. Mohler, and Alison G. Power
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, energy, ecological, social, economic, sustainability

• The economics of collecting chaff
  M.R. Olfert, Mark Stumborg, Wayne Craig, and R.A. Schoney
  Key words: chaff collection, chaff feed, economics and chaff, agronomic benefits of chaff
• Sustainable agriculture: The wildlife connection
  Ann Y. Robinson
  Key words: wildlife, fisheries, pesticides, national wildlife refuges, landscape diversity
• An economic comparison of conventional and reduced-chemical farming systems in Iowa
  Craig Chase and Michael Duffy
  Key words: conventional systems, reduced-chemical systems, agricultural profitability, economic returns, labor requirements, production cost comparisons
• Marketing prospects for organic and pesticide-free produce
  Desmond A. Jolly and Kim Norris
  Key words: organic marketing, pesticide-free produce
• The economics of small-scale rabbit production
  Tesfa G. Gebremedhin
  Key words: rabbit production, alternative enterprises, economic potential, financial analysis
• Commentary: Assessing the character of agricultural production systems: Issues and implications
  Sandra S. Batie and Daniel B. Taylor
  Key words: alternative agriculture, research, public policies

• Soil quality—The key to a sustainable agriculture
  R.I. Papendick and J.F. Parr
• Opinion: Coming full circle—The new emphasis on soil quality
  J. Haberern
• Soil quality: Attributes and relationship to alternative and sustainable agriculture
  J.F. Parr, R.I. Papendick, S.B. Hornick, and R.E. Meyer
  Key words: global change, soil erosion, soil degradation
• The need for a soil quality index: Local and regional perspectives
  D. Granatstein and D.F. Bezdicek
  Key words: soil health, soil condition, soil analysis
• International activities in assessing and monitoring soil degradation
  D.W. Sanders
  Key words: soil quality, soil erosion, nutrient depletion, desertification
• Characterization of soil quality: Physical and chemical criteria
  M.A. Arshad and G.M. Coen
  Key words: soil quality evaluation, soil degradation
• Soil biological criteria as indicators of soil quality: Soil microorganisms
  S. Visser and D. Parkinson
  Key words: soil bacteria, soil fungi, total microbial biomass, carbon cycling, nitrogen cycling, nutrient leaching, soil enzymes
• Invertebrates as determinants and indicators of soil quality
  N.E. Stork and P. Eggleton
  Key words: biodiversity, soil invertebrates, species richness, keystone species, earthworms, springtails, nematodes, termites
• Soil and crop management effects on soil quality indicators
  D.L. Karlen, N.S. Eash, and P.W. Unger
  Key words: soil tilth, conservation tillage, cover crops, crop rotations
• Soil crusting in relation to global soil degradation
  M.E. Sumner and W.P. Miller
  Key words: dispersible clay, infiltration, runoff, erosion
• Factors affecting the nutritional quality of crops
  S.B. Hornick
  Key words: vitamins, protein, crop variety, organic fertilizer, postharvest handling

• Potential effects on rural economies of conversion to sustainable farming systems
  T.L. Dobbs and J.D. Cole
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, organic farming, rural economy, multiplier effects, forward linkages, backward linkages, net farm income
• A perspective on the economic impacts of reducing agricultural chemical use
  L.K. Lee
  Key words: low-input agriculture, organic agriculture
• Commentary: Incorporating agroecology into the conventional agricultural curriculum
  M.A. Altieri and C.A. Francis
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, resource efficiency, cropping systems, agricultural education

• Opinion: Alternative agriculture in the Third World
  Ricardo Henrique Silva Santos and Irene Maria Cardosa

• Research and agriculture: Challenging the public system
  David B. Danbom
  Key words: agricultural experiment stations, LISA, public agricultural research, scientific disciplines, agricultural technology
• Re-integrating agricultural research
  Jill Shore Auburn and Brian P. Baker
  Key words: farmer-researcher cooperation, advisory committees, on-farm research, extension, sustainable agriculture
• Advisory/oversight councils: An alternative approach to farmer/citizen participation in agenda setting at land-grant universities
  G.W. Stevenson and Richard M. Klemme
  Key words: academic freedom, research priorities, land-grant system, the Progressive Era, the "Wisconsin Idea"
• Farmer participation in research: A model for adaptive research and education
  John M. Gerber
  Key words: participatory research, experimental design, extension education

• Mandatory supply controls versus flexibility policy options for encouraging sustainable farming systems
  Thomas L. Dobbs and David L. Becker
  Key words: agricultural policy, Normal Crop Acreage, planting flexibility, crop rotations, sustainable agriculture
• Comparison of taste quality between organically and conventionally grown fruits and vegetables
  Dov Basker
  Key words: organic fruits, organic vegetables, taste panels, hedonic preferences
• Biomass as an energy source for the midwestern U.S.
  D.R. Keeney and T.H. DeLuca
  Key words: biomass energy, ethanol, sweet sorghum, oilseeds, cellulose, anaerobic digestion

• Opinion: Rethinking agricultural education
  Kamyar Enshayan
• Economic and environmental considerations for nitrogen management in the mid-Atlantic coastal plain
  Patricia E. Norris and Leonard A. Shabman
  Key words: rotations, organic fertilizer, poultry litter, net returns, mass balance, water quality
• Integrated resource management for systained crop production in arid regions of India
  J.P. Gupta and R.K. Aggarwal
  Key words: agricultural sustainability, agroforestry, agrihorticulture, silvipasture, farming systems
• Effect of row width on herbicide and cultivation requirements in row crops
  Frank Forcella, Mark E. Westgate, and Dennis D. Warnes
  Key words: low-input agriculture, sustainable agriculture, weed control, row width, corn, maize, soybean, sunflower
• A compendium of crop varietal tolerance to weeds
  M. Brett Callaway
  Key words: competition, genotypes, cultivars, varieties
• Agricultural use of organic amendments: A historical perspective
  James F. Parr and Sharon B. Hornick
  Key words: early agriculture, soil organic matter, erosion, soil quality, best management practices, municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, composting
• Commentary: What will be required to guarantee the sustainability of U.S. agriculture in the 21st century?
  Michael R. Dicks
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, food security, property rights, environmental regulations, weed science

• Henry A Wallace, champion of a durable agriculture
  Don F. Hadwiger
• Opinion: Family farmers should move toward the animal welfare movement
  Denny Caneff
• Effects of intensity of agronomic practices on a soil ecosystem
  R.R. Weil, K.A. Lowell, and H.M. Shade
  Key words: soil organic matter, soil biology, earthworms, soil respiration, cropping systems, N mineralization, organic farming, sustainable agriculture, tillage
• Comparison of alternative farming systems. I. Infiltration techniques
  S.D. Logsdon, J.K. Radke, and D.L. Karlen
  Key words: macropores, alternative agriculture
• Comparison of alternative farming systems. II. Earthworm population density and species diversity
  Edwin C. Berry and Douglas L. Karlen
  Key words: soil quality, crop rotation, earthworms, tillage, alternative agriculture, organic amendments
• Comparison of alternative farming systems. III. Soil aggregate stability
  J.L. Jordahl and D.L. Karlen
  Key words: corn, soybean, alternative agriculture
• Land use options on a semi-arid Alfisol
  S.K. Das, Shriniwas Sharma, K.L. Sharma, Neelam Saharan, N.N. Nimbole, and Y.V.R. Reddy
  Key words: agrihorticulture, agroforestry, agrosilviculture, annual cropping, sustainable land use
• Commentary: Can agricultural colleges meet the needs of sustainable agriculture?
  William B. Lacy
  Key words: agricultural education, extension, policy analysis, biotechnology

• Editorial: Replicability in agricultural field experiments
  William Lockeretz
• Managing interference in a sweet corn-white clover living mulch system
  Albert Fischer and Larry Burrill
  Key words: systematic designs, planting density, row width, intercropping, planting arrangement, competition, living mulch
• Reduced chemical input cropping systems in the southeastern United States. I. Effect of rotations, green manure crops and nitrogen fertilizer on crop yields
  Larry D. King and Marc Buchanan
  Key words: crop rotation, current management practice
• Support in New England for certification and labelling of produce grown using integrated pest management
  Craig S. Hollingsworth, M.J. Paschall, Nancy L. Cohen, and William M. Coli
  Key words: IPM-labelled produce, alternative pest control, consumer perceptions
• Cereal and wool production in the Esperance Sandplain area of Western Australia: The need for a systems approach for sustainable agriculture
  Murray Fulton
  Key words: sustainable development, systems analysis, salinity
• Commentary: The question of good science
  John E. Ikerd
  Key words: on-farm research, experimental design, participatory research

• Agriculture policy debates: Examining the alternative and conventional perspectives
  Curtis E. Beus and Riley E. Dunlap
  Key words: alternative agriculture, conventional agriculture, agricultural chemicals, agricultural research, interest groups, lobbies, social movements
• Farmers' use of validity cues to evaluate reports of field-scale agricultural research
  Gerry Walter
  Key words: on-farm research, agricultural communication, validity assessment, research design
• Barriers to low-input agriculture adoption: A case study of Richmond County, Virginia
  Penelope L. Diebel, Daniel B. Taylor, and Sandra S. Batie
  Key words: alternative agriculture, organic farming, poultry litter
• Environment-friendly swine feed formulation to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus excretion
  Mark S. Honeyman
  Key words: swine production, manure, amino acids, digestibility
• Commentary: Is sustainable agriculture an elixir for rural communities?
  Paul Lasley, Eric Hoiberg, and Gordon Bultena
  Key words: structure of agriculture, environmental quality, farm size

• A look back at the USDA Report on the Structure of Agriculture: A Time to Choose
  Lynn Daft
• A look back at USDA's Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming
  Richard Harwood
• Revisiting the USDA reports: Some additional observations
  Robert Papendick
• Revisiting the USDA reports: Context, capital and organization
  Cornelia Butler Flora
• Revisiting the USDA reports: Further thoughts
  Paul Johnson
• National policy options and strategies to encourage sustainable agriculture: Lessons from the 1990 Farm Bill
  Kathleen Merrigan
• Concluding remarks
  Bob Bergland

• Infiltration as a tool for detecting soil changes due to cropping, tillage, and grazing livestock
  J.K. Radke and E.C. Berry
  Key words: beef cattle, grazing, cropping systems, soil physical properties, soil biological properties, earthworms
• Creating a farmer sustainablilty index: A Malaysian case study
  Donald C. Taylor, Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Mad Nasir Shamsudin, Mohd Ghazali Mohayidin, and Eddie F.C. Chiew
  Key words: integrated pest management, Malaysia, cabbage, diamondback moth, soil fertility
• Agronomic and economic potential of sustainable agriculture in South India
  Erik van der Werf
  Key words: farming system, sustainability, ecological agriculture, labor, soil fertility, income, India

• Innovative approaches for integrated research and educational programs
  D.F. Bezdicek and C. DePhelps
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, participatory approaches, integrated systems, interdisciplinary research
• The futures of agriculture
  K.N. Stauber
  Key words: agricultural policy, environmental protection, Common Good theory, institutional change, institutional survival
• Will there be people in sustainable ecosystems? Designing an educational mosaic for the 22nd century
  C. Francis and J. King
  Key words: teaching, learning, future education systems, sustainable agriculture
• Institutional issues and strategies for sustainable agriculture: View from within the land-grant university
  S.S. Batie and S.M. Swinton
  Key words: sustainable agricultural research funding, extension, integration, on-farm research
• What non-land-grant researchers can contribute to agricultural sustainability
  W. Lockeretz
  Key words: land-grant system, sustainable agriculture, agricultural research, applied research, on-farm research
• Farmer initiated on-farm research
  R.L. Rosmann
  Key words: farmer-initiated research, sustainable agriculture, environmentally sound farming, extension, rural communities, farm families, ridge tillage
• Whole farm case studies and focus groups: Participatory strategies for agricultural research and education programs
  H. Murray and L.M. Butler
  Key words: whole farm case study, focus groups, participatory research, systems research, qualitative research
• A framework for evaluating the sustainability of agricultural production systems
  C.O. Stockle, R.I. Papendick, K.E. Saxton, G.S. Campbell, and F.K. van Evert
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, productivity, soil erosion, simulation models
• Case studies of integrated/whole farm system designs: Field-scale replicated IPM trials
  F.L. Young, A.G. Ogg, Jr., and R.I. Papendick
  Key words: crop rotation, economics, integrated pest management, interdisciplinary, long-term research, systems research, tillage systems, weed management
• Whole farm systems research: An integrated crop and livestock systems comparison study
  J. Luna, V. Allen, J. Fontenot, L. Daniels, D. Vaughan, S. Hagood, D. Taylor, and C. Laub
  Key words: crop-livestock systems, integrated farming systems, intensive grazing, conservation tillage
• A interdisciplinary, experiment station-based participatory comparison of alternative crop management systems for California's Sacramento Valley
  S.R. Temple, D.B. Friedman, O. Somasco, H. Ferris, K. Scow, and K. Klonsky
  Key words: farming systems, crop rotation, participatory research, organic farming, sustainable agriculture, soil ecology
• Science and sustainability: An overview
  C.B. Flora

• Addressing the challenges of sustainable agriculture research and extension at land-grant universities: Radially organized teams at Wisconsin
  G.W. Stevenson, J. Posner, J. Hall, L. Cunningham, and J. Harrison
  Key words: multidisciplinary team research, alternative agriculture, integrated cropping systems
• Commentary: Some ideas and guidelines for research on ecological agriculture
  J. Raup
  Key words: agroecology, agricultural research methods, animal husbandry, socioeconomic research, information transfer

• The transformation of Cuban agriculture after the Cold War
  Ivette Perfecto
  Key words: Cuba, sustainable agriculture, low-input agriculture, biological control, biofertilizers, vermiculture, sugar cane
• Midwestern land-grant university scientists' definitions of sustainable agriculture: A delphi study
  G. Walter and A. Reisner
  Key words: agricultural values, delphi method, science policy, sociology of science, land-grant universities
• Identifying suitable regions for amaranth production using a geographic information systems approach
  Robert L. Myers
  Key words: alternative crops, crop selection factors
• Screening cool-season legume cover crops for pecan orchards
  Michael W. Smith, Raymond D. Eikenbary, Don C. Arnold, B. Scott Landgraf, Glenn G. Taylor, Gordon E. Barlow, Becky L. Carroll, Becky S. Cheary, Natasha R. Rice, and Robert Knight
  Key words: aphid, Aphididae, Araneida, biological control, pecan, cover crops, Chrysopidae, Coccinellidae, Hemerobiidae, Insecta, Fabaceae, Nabidae, Pentatomidae, Syrphidae
• Participatory assistance: An alternative to transfer of technology for promoting change on farms
  L.E. Lanyon
  Key words: technology transfer, farm management, water quality

• Opinion: Organic farming and social context: A challenge for us all
  Laura B. DeLind
• Second-level integrated pest management in commercial apple orchards
  Ronald J. Prokopy, Daniel R. Cooley, Wesley R. Autio, and William M. Coli
  Key words: apple, integrated pest management, insects, diseases, mites, weeds, pesticides
• Mycorrhizae in sustainable agriculture. I. Effects on seed yield and soil aggregation
  Gabor J. Bethlenfalvay and José-Miguel Barea
  Key words: pea, plant growth, soil conservation, vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, water-stable soil aggregates
• Reduced chemical input cropping systems in the southeastern United States. II. Effects of moderate rates of N fertilizer and herbicides, tillage, and delayed cover crop plow-down on crop yields
  Larry D. King
  Key words: reduced chemical systems, banded herbicides, green manure, corn, wheat, soybean, clover, no-till, conventional tillage, N fertilizer
• Grain yield response of corn, soybean, and oat grown in a strip intercropping system
  Mohammadreza Ghaffarzadeh, Fernando García Préchac, and Richard M. Cruse
  Key words: cropping systems, rainfall, plant water stress
• Energy and economic savings from the use of legume cover crops in Virginia corn production
  D.R. Ess, D.H. Vaughan, J.M. Luna, and P.G. Sullivan
  Key words: legumes, nitrogen fertilizer, vetch, no-till
• Communicating between farmers and scientists: A story about stories
  Connie and Doc Hatfield, Preston and Wanda Boop, and Ray D. William

• The life cycle of alternative agricultural research
  Molly D. Anderson
  Key words: alternative agriculture, sustainable agriculture, food system, interdisciplinary research, citizen participation
• Making alternative agriculture research policy
  Katherine Reichelderfer Smith
  Key words: agricultural research, competitive grants, Current Research Information System, formula funding, peer review, research policy, science policy, state agricultural experiment stations
• Removing applied agricultural research from the academy
  William Lockeretz
  Key words: peer review, land-grant colleges, alternative agriculture

• The relative sustainability of alternative, conventional, and reduced-till farming systems
  James D. Smolik, Thomas L. Dobbs, and Diane H. Rickerl
  Key words: organic farming, energy use, whole-farm economics, whole-farm productivity, farm size
• Soil quality and profitability of biodynamic and conventional farming systems: A review
  John P. Reganold
  Key words: biodynamic farming, biodynamic preparations, soil quality, farm profitability, cropping systems, on-farm research, sustainable agriculture

• The International Workshop on Establishment of Microbial Inocula in Soils: Cooperative Research Project on Biological Resource Management of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  L.F. Elliott and J.M. Lynch
• Short-term effects on earthworm populations of sidedressing corn with solid dairy cattle manure in a boreal climate
  B. Estevez, D. Côté, F. Pagé, and D. Coderre
  Key words: Aporrectodea turgida, Lumbricus, cocoon, manure sidedressing, organic soil amendment, mulch, sheet composting
• The effect of phosphate-enriched compost on the yield and phosphorus nutrition of rye grass
  C.P. Singh and A. Amberger
  Key words: mussoorie phosphate, hyper phosphate, low grade rock phosphate, compost
• Combining alternative and conventional systems for environmental gains
  K.M. Painter, D.L. Young, D.M. Granatstein, and D.J. Mulla
  Key words: pesticide leaching, nitrate leaching, soil erosion, green manure crops, alternative cropping systems, sustainable agriculture, farm policy, commodity programs, rapeseed

• The Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial: Combining agroecology with production agronomy
  Joshua L. Posner, Michael D. Casler, and Jon O. Baldock
  Key words: agroecological index, homogeneity year, long-term research, sampling statistics
• Farmers' markets and the local community: Bridging the formal and informal economy
  T.A. Lyson, G.W. Gillespie, Jr., and D. Hilchey
  Key words: direct marketing, community development
• The compatibility of domestic birds with a nonchemical agroecosystem
  M. Sean Clark, Stuart H. Gage, Laura B. DeLind, and Marian Lennington
  Key words: free-range chickens, free-range geese, apple orchard, potato, intercropping, integration, weed management
• Minnesota extension agents' knowledge and views of alternative agriculture
  Deborah D. Paulson
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, Minnesota
• Västgötmodellen: Sweden's sustainable alternative for swine production
  Mark S. Honeyman
  Key words: sustainable livestock systems, livestock housing, animal behavior
• Transition from conventional to alternative agriculture in Pakistan: The role of green manures in substituting for inorganic N fertilizers in a rice-wheat farming system
  Tahir Hussain, Ghulam Jilani, James F. Parr, and Riaz Ahmad
  Key words: rice, wheat, farmyard manure, green manure, Sesbania, nitrogen fertilizer
• Commentary: Weed science in sustainable agriculture
  Robert L. Zimdahl
  Key words: herbicides, weed management, population biology, ecology

• Intensive rotational grazing for dairy cattle feeding
  J.W. Rust, C.C. Sheaffer, V.R. Eidman, R.D. Moon, and R.D. Mathison
  Key words: intensive grazing, confinement feeding, dairy, Voisin grazing
• An overwintering cover crop increases inoculum of VAM fungi in agricultural soil
  L. Galvez, D.D. Douds, Jr., P. Wagoner, L.R. Longnecker, L.E. Drinkwater, and R.R. Janke
  Key words: cover crop, hairy vetch, sustainable agriculture, crop rotations, crop diversity
• A method for mechanically killing cover crops to optimize weed suppression
  N.G. Creamer, B. Plassman, M.A. Bennett, R.K. Wood, B.R. Stinner, and J. Cardina
  Key words: cover crops, weed management, reduced-chemical systems
• Environmental policy and swine manure management: Waste not or want not?
  Dana L. Hoag and Fritz M. Roka
  Key words: hogs, manure handling, nutrient management, land application, North Carolina, Iowa
• Economics of widespread manure application to irrigated crops: Raw and composted feedlot manure in eastern Colorado
  Erda Wang and Ed Sparling
  Key words: beef cattle, composting, linear programming
• Economic analysis of an areawide program for biological control of the alfalfa weevil
  J.M. White, P.G. Allen, L.J. Moffitt, and P.P. Kingsley
  Key words: cost-benefit analysis, alfalfa, pesticide use
• Adopting multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable agriculture research: Potentials and pitfalls
  C. Robert Stark, Jr.
  Key words: multidisciplinary research, communication, teams, administration, research funding
• Trap cropping to manage the red sunflower seed weevil in oilseed sunflower
  Gary J. Brewer and Gene Schmidt
  Key words: Smicronyx fulvus, sunflower, Helianthus annuus

• Soil and water conservation and improved crop management effects on watershed productivity in Andhra Pradesh, India
  K.P.R. Vittal, S.K. Das, J.C. Katyal, N. Munikrishnaiah, and M. Rajender Reddy
  Key words: community participation, on-farm research, watershed, vertisols
• Low-input, on-farm composting of high C:N ratio residues
  D.B. Churchill, W.R. Horwath, L.F. Elliott, and D.M. Bilsland
  Key words: low-input cropping systems, ryegrass, lignin, straw
• Economic methods for comparing alternative crop production systems: A review of the literature
  Wayne S. Roberts and Scott M. Swinton
  Key words: alternative agriculture, analytical methods, crop systems, economic analysis, environmental management, profitability, risk, stability
• Organic farmers and conventional distribution systems: The recent expansion of the organic food market in Denmark
  Johannes Michelsen
  Key words: organic agriculture, supermarkets, marketing cooperatives, conversion programs, sustainable agriculture
• Evaluating the sustainability of alternative farming systems: A case study
  John Ikerd, Gary Devino, and Suthijit Traiyongwanich
  Key words: Missouri, Conservation Reserve Program, sustainable agriculture, intensive grazing, local economic impacts
• Comparison of organic and sustainable fed cattle production: A South Dakota case study
  Donald C. Taylor, Dillon M. Feuz, and Ming Guan
  Key words: organic production, sustainable production, beef cattle
• Effects of free-range chickens and geese on insect pests and weeds in an agroecosystem
  M. Sean Clark and Stuart H. Gage
  Key words: chickens, geese, biological control, insect management, weed management

• Introduction: Improving the sustainablilty of dryland farming systems
  Robert I. Papendick and James F. Parr
• Farming systems and conservation needs in the Northwest Wheat Region
  R.I. Papendick
  Key words: winter wheat, winter rainfall, conservation tillage, fallow, water erosion, wind erosion, soil quality, cropping systems, Pacific Northwest
• Water conservation practices for sustainable dryland farming systems in the Pacific Northwest
  John E. Hammel
  Key words: cropping systems, tillage, winter wheat, dry farming, residue management
• Agricultural wind erosion and air quality impacts: A comprehensive research program
  Keith E. Saxton
  Key words: wind erosion, air quality, conservation, dryland farming, cereal, dispersion models, dust, particulate, PM₁₀
• Advances in the production of cool season food legumes
  F.J. Muehlbauer
  Key words: Pacific Northwest, crop residues, canopy design, disease resistance, fungal diseases, viruses, pea, chickpea, lentil, aphids
• Diversification for new management systems opportunities in the Pacific Northwest
  L.F. Elliott and P. Chevalier
  Key words: no-till, legumes, annual cropping, soil quality, crop rotations, erosion control, weed control, rhizobacteria, grass seed, dryland agriculture
• Tillage, seeding and fertilizer application technologies
  Dale E. Wilkins
  Key words: conservation, planting, equipment, disease, erosion, crop residue
• Crop traits for water stress tolerance
  Edwin Donaldson
  Key words: wheat, moisture stress, cropping systems, emergence
• Diseases of wheat and barley in conservation cropping systems of the semiarid Pacific Northwest
  Richard W. Smiley
  Key words: disease control, plant pathogenic fungi, viruses, nematodes
• Insect pests and management technologies in dryland wheat in Washington
  K.S. Pike and L.K. Tanigoshi
  Key words: aphids, conservation tillage, biological control, natural enemies
• Fertility management in dryland conservation cropping systems of the Pacific Northwest
  Paul E. Rasmussen
  Key words: dryland cropping, conservation tillage, soil fertility
• GIS and simulation technologies for assessing cropping systems management in dry environments
  Claudio O. Stockle
  Key words: crop growth, models, geographical information systems, weather generators, regional analysis, agricultural systems
• Integrated crop and livestock production in Inland Northwest farming systems
  Linda H. Hardesty and James A. Tiedeman
  Key words: range, dryland, ecological integration, economic integration
• Role of economic analysis in the evaluation of new dryland technologies
  Douglas L. Young
  Key words: Pacific Northwest, dryland agriculture, risk, multidisciplinary research

• Abstracts from the Conference on Environmental Enhancement through Agriculture
  • Watershed Protection
  • Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity
  • Livestock Systems
  • Waste Recycling and Nutrient Management
  • Energy from Agricultural Biomass
  • Metropolitan Agriculture and Farmland Protection
  • National and Provincial Policies on Agriculture and the Environment
  • Agricultural Development and the Environment
• Managing vertebrates in cover crops: A first study
  K. Shawn Smallwood
  Key words: California, conservation, gophers, voles, pest management, orchards, vineyards
• The linkage between pesticide use and pesticide residue
  Fred Kuchler, Ram Chandran, and Katherine Ralston
  Key words: pesticide dietary intake, postharvest pesticides
• Sustainable agriculture in the Corn Belt: Production-side progress and demand-side constraints
  David R. Lighthall
  Key words: low-input agriculture, ridge tillage, farm size, farm structure, market development, no-till
• Inoculative release of anecic earthworms in a California orchard
  Matthew R. Werner
  Key words: Lumbricus terrestris, Aporrectodea caliginosa, Microscolex dubius, organic farming, litter, apple scab, Venturia inaequalis
• Green manure as a nitrogen source for wheat in the southeastern United States
  Julia B. Nelson and Larry D. King
  Key words: nitrate leaching, crop rotations

• Organic versus conventional grain production in the mid-Atlantic: An economic and farming system overview
  James C. Hanson, Erik Lichtenberg, and Steven E. Peters
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, organic grain production, transition costs
• Nutrient release from decomposing crop residues in soil: A laboratory experiment
  A. Scagnozzi, A. Saviozzi, R. Levi-Minzi, and R. Riffaldi
  Key words: soil amendment, crop residues, essential elements, rape, sunflower, soybean
• Farm structure, market structure and agricultural sustainability goals: The case of New York State dairying
  Rick Welsh and Thomas A. Lyson
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, pesticides, niche markets, craft production, mass production, rotational grazing
• Farmers' commitment to continue use of the late spring soil nitrogen test
  Cheryl K. Contant and Peter F. Korsching
  Key words: technology, soil test, adoption-diffusion, sustainability
• Local food systems and sustainable communities
  Gail W. Feenstra
  Key words: community economic development, foodshed, food policy councils, regional food guides, food self-reliance, direct marketing, community food security
• Community-controlled economic development as a strategic vision for the sustainable agriculture movement
  Dave Campbell
  Key words: social capital, local food systems, grower information networks, marketing coalitions, farmland protection, farmworkers, community organizing

• Flooding in cranberry to minimize insecticide and fungicide inputs
  Anne L. Averill, Martha M. Sylvia, Charles C. Kusek, and Carolyn J. DeMoranville
  Key words: Acrobasis vaccinii Riley, cranberry, cultural control, flooding, cranberry fruit rot, cranberry fruitworm
• Alternative production systems' effects on the K-factor of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
  Kim L. Fleming, William L. Powers, Alice J. Jones, and Glenn A. Helmers
  Key words: soil erodibility, erosion, alternative systems
• Suppression of VAM fungi and micronutrient uptake by low-level P fertilization in long-term wheat rotations
  M. Jill Clapperton, H. Henry Janzen, and Adrian M. Johnston
  Key words: vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, P fertilizer, micronutrients, long-term studies, crop rotation
• A farmer-centered approach to developing information for soil resource management: The Illinois Soil Quality Initiative
  Gerry Walter, Michelle Wander, and Germán Bollero
  Key words: on-farm research, participatory research, sustainable agriculture
• International Conference on Agricultural Production and Nutrition: Abstracts and closing address
  • Regional, National and Global Issues
  • Defining and Evaluating Food Quality
  • Soils, Fertilizers and Nutritional Quality
  • Organic Farming and Food Quality
  • Enhancing the Nutritional Quality of Crops
  • Animal Production
  • Consumer Issues
  • Community Supported Agriculture: Dietary Implications

• Introduction: Improving the sustainability of dryland farming systems in the Middle East
  James F. Parr and Robert I. Papendick
• Dryland farming systems in Jordan
  Awni Y. Taimeh and Nabil Katkhuda
  Key words: arid climate, water resources, irrigation
• Effect of cultural practices on barley and durum wheat yields in semiarid regions of Tunisia
  A. Yahyaoui, K. M'Hedhbi, and S. Rezgui
  Key words: tillage, planting depth, seeding rate
• The potential for sustainable rainfed farming in Palestine
  Jad Isaac and Stephen Gasteyer
  Key words: agricultural policy, agricultural marketing, dry farming, integrated systems, land use, on-farm research, sustainable agriculture, water availability, water use
• Agricultural development in Israel: Challenges and opportunities for regional collaboration
  No'am G. Seligman, Abraham Blum, Joseph Morin, and Jacob Amir
  Key words: dryland agriculture, Middle East, wheat, soil conservation, water conservation, agricultural research
• Dryland farming research in Egypt: Strategies for developing a more sustainable agriculture
  Adel El-Beltagy, Youssef Hamdi, Mohsen El-Gindy, Awad Hussein, and Ayman Abou-Hadid
  Key words: irrigation, wheat pesticides, water resources, agricultural research
• Soil, water and crop management practices in the dryland farming regions of Turkey
  M. Sefik Yesilsoy and Sabit Ersahin
  Key words: wheat, dryland agriculture, water conservation

• Profile of organic dairy farming in Ontario
  Yetunde O. Sholubi, D. Peter Stonehouse, and E. Ann Clark
  Key words: organic farming, crop rotation, forage, hay, profitability, pasture, small grains
• Management of natural Kentucky bluegrass-white clover pasture
  William M. Murphy, Joshua P. Silman, Lisa E. McCrory, Sarah E. Flack, Abdon L. Schmitt, and Nthoana M. Mzamane
  Key words: management-intensive grazing, natural swards, sward dynamics, soil aeration, harrowing, forage production

• Effects of clover and small grain cover crops and tillage techniques on seedling emergence of some dicotyledonous weed species
  Udo Blum, Larry D. King, Tom M. Gerig, Mary E. Lehman, and Arch D. Worsham
  Key words: morning-glory, prickly sida, pigweed, clover, rye, wheat
• Growth of apple trees, nitrate mobility and pest populations following a corn versus fescue crop rotation
  Alan R. Biggs, Tara A. Baugher, Alan R. Collins, Henry W. Hogmire, James B. Kotcon, D. Michael Glenn, Alan J. Sexstone, and Ross E. Byers
  Key words: orchard, nematodes, tree growth, voles
• Growth of corn roots under low-input and conventional farming systems
  Eric Pallant, David M. Lansky, Jessica E. Rio, Lawrence D. Jacobs, George E. Schuler, and Walter G. Whimpenny
  Key words: low-input agriculture, soil physical properties
• Cropping systems: Effects on soil quality indicators and yield of pearl millet in an arid region
  Praveen-Kumar, R.K. Aggarwal, and James F. Power
  Key words: soil organic N fractions, microbial activity, soil fertility, N-use efficiency, rotations, rainfed crops, cluster bean, mung bean
• Soil erosion and productivity research: A regional approach
  Alice J. Jones, Rattan Lal, and David R. Huggins
  Key words: erosion phases, crop yields, modeling

• Performance, economics, and adoption of cover crops in Wisconsin cash grain rotations: On-farm trials
  Ellen B. Mallory, Joshua L. Posner, and Jon O. Baldock
  Key words: nitrogen fertilizer, fertilizer replacement value, ground cover, on-farm research, Upper Midwest
• Reduced chemical input cropping systems in the southeastern United States: III. Economic analysis
  Larry D. King and Dana L. Hoag
  Key words: banded herbicides, green manure, corn, wheat, soybean, clover, no-till, conventional tillage, N fertilizer, rotations
• Small-scale, intensive cultivation methods: The effects of deep hand tillage on the productivity of bush beans and red beets
  Ben F. Holt and Ivan K. Smith
  Key words: alternative agriculture, conventional tillage, double digging, no-till, organic amendments, subsoiling
• Creating positive incentives for farm composting
  Richard M. Kashmanian and Robert F. Rynk
  Key words: manure, mortalities, dairy, poultry, swine

• Constant goal, changing tactics: A Wisconsin dairy farm start-up
  Joshua L. Posner, Gary G. Frank, Kenneth V. Nordlund, and Ronald T. Schuler
  Key words: case study, management-intensive grazing, seasonal dairying, biodynamic agriculture
• Feedlot manure nutrient loadings on South Dakota farmland
  Donald C. Taylor and Diane H. Rickerl
  Key words: fed cattle, feedlots, manure production, manure disposition
• Organic vegetable production in the U.S.: Certified growers and their practices
  Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Catherine Greene, Renata Penn, and Doris Newton
  Key words: organic farming, ecological production, vegetable crops, nutrient management, pest management
• Natural terrace formation through vegetative barriers on hillside farms in Honduras
  Robert J. Walle and Brian G. Sims
  Key words: contour vegetative barriers, soil erosion, soil conservation, vetiver
• Erosion effects on soil moisture and corn yield on two soils at Mlingano, Tanzania
  A.J. Tenge, F.B.S. Kaihura, R. Lal, and B.R. Singh
  Key words: soil erosion, productivity, soil physical properties
• Taking a pragmatic behavioral approach to alternative agriculture research
  Leslie Aileen Duram
  Key words: pragmatism, behavioral research

• Alternative practices for managing plant-parasitic nematodes
  Robert McSorley
  Key words: cropping systems, cultural practices, host-plant resistance, integrated pest management, sustainable agriculture
• Impact of agricultural management on nitrate concentrations in drainage waters
  Walter A. Goldstein, Michael J. Scully, Daniel H. Kohl, and Georgia Shearer
  Key words: nitrate pollution, composted manure, mineral N fertilization, crop rotation
• Assessment of legume and nonlegume ground covers on Coleoptera: Coccinellidae density for low-input pecan management
  Natasha R. Rice, Michael W. Smith, Raymond D. Eikenbary, Don Arnold, W. Louis Tedders, Bruce Wood, B. Scott Landgraf, Glenn G. Taylor, and Gordon E. Barlow
  Key words: aphid, Aphididae, beneficial arthropods, pecan, Coccinellidae, Fabaceae, ground cover
• Agronomic and economic performance of wheat and canola-based double-crop systems
  Emily E. Pullins and Robert L. Myers
  Key words: alternative crops, cropping systems, no-till, amaranth, buckwheat, canola, sunflower, pearl millet, soybean, wheat
• Soil improvement following addition of chipped wood from twigs
  Roger Lalande, Valentin Furlan, Denis A. Angers, and Gilles Lemieux
  Key words: microbial, populations, soil structure, mineral content, soil bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, soil organic matter
• Examination of some microbiological and biochemical parameters and tests of product quality used in a long-term fertilization trial
  Joachim Raupp
  Key words: storage ability, food quality, degradation tests, quality assessment, organic farming, biodynamic agriculture

• Comparison of alternative pest and soil management strategies for Maine potato production systems
  E.R. Gallandt, E.B. Mallory, A.R. Alford, F.A. Drummond, E. Groden, M. Liebman, M.C. Marra, J.C. McBurnie, and G.A. Porter
  Key words: cropping systems trial, soil management systems, pest management systems, reduced-input, bio-rational pest management, soil amendment, soil quality
• Comparison of conventional and organic apple production systems during three years of conversion to organic management in coastal California
  Sean L. Swezey, Matthew R. Werner, Marc Buchanan, and Jan Allison
  Key words: certified organic production, Granny Smith, pest management, codling moth, earthworms, soil respiration, soil fertility
• Response of corn, soybean and wheat crops to fertilizer and herbicides in Ohio compared with low-input production practices
  D.A. Munn, G. Coffing, and G. Sautter
  Key words: low-input grain crop, conventional grain crop system, economic return to synthetic inputs

• Factors in organic farmers' decisionmaking: Diversity, challenge, and obstacles
  Leslie A. Duram
  Key words: organic agriculture, operational change, behavior
• Evaluation of farmers' perceptions of soil quality indicators
  Mark A. Liebig and John W. Doran
  Key words: farmer knowledge, point-scale evaluation
• Farmers' attitudes towards sustainable agriculture issues and environmental quality in a selected area of Bangladesh
  M.Z. Rahman and H. Mikuni
  Key words: agricultural development, environmental degradation, productivity loss
• Rice and wheat production in Pakistan with Effective Microorganisms
  Tahir Hussain, T. Javaid, J.F. Parr, G. Jilani, and M.A. Haq
• Farm Profile: Sörtorp, an organic farm in Sweden
  William Lockeretz
• Commentary: Is precision agriculture sustainable?
  Jan van Schilfgaarde

• Globalization of pesticide technology and meeting the needs of low-input sustainable agriculture
  F. den Hond, P. Groenewegen, and W.T. Vorley
  Key words: crop protection, agrichemicals, organic farming
• An alternative, low-input production system for fresh market tomatoes
  D.O. Chellemi, F.M. Rhoads, S.M. Olson, J.R. Rich, D. Murray, G. Murray, and D.M. Sylvia
  Key words: agricultural production systems, methyl bromide, mycorrhizal fungi
• Yields and returns from strip intercropping on six Iowa farms
  D.N. Exner, D.G. Davidson, M. Ghaffarzadeh, and R.M. Cruse
  Key words: risk management, enterprise accounting, on-farm research, land equilvalent ratio, monetary equivalent ratio, stochastic dominance
• Geographic Information Systems for selection of CRP tracts to meet different management goals after contract expiration
  D.H. Rickerl, J.H. Gritzner, P.K. Wieland, and G. Rial
  Key words: wetlands, water quality, wildlife habitat, row-crop production, grassland production
• Effect of conservation tillage on crop yields, soil erosion, and soil properties under furrow irrigation in western Colorado
  M. Ashraf, C.H. Pearson, D.G. Westfall, and R. Sharp
  Key words: ridge till, crop residue

• Development of more effective conservation farming systems through participatory on-farm research
  S.B. Wuest, D.K. McCool, B.C. Miller, and R.J. Veseth
  Key words: sustainable farming systems, technology transfer, research agenda
• Supplementation of mid-gestation swine grazing alfalfa
  M.S. Honeyman and W.B. Roush
  Key words: gestating swine, alfalfa supplementation, rotational grazing, grazing sows/gilts
• Crop-yield and economic comparisons of organic, low-input, and conventional farming systems in California's Sacramento Valley
  Sean Clark, Karen Klonsky, Peter Livingston, and Steve Temple
  Key words: sustainable agriculture, alternative agriculture, economic analysis
• Comparison of organic and conventional dairy farms in Ontario
  Yetunde O. Ogini, D. Peter Stonehouse, and E. Ann Clark
  Key words: farm revenue, cost of production, net farm income, milk production
• Global land resources and population-supporting capacity
  Hari Eswaran, Fred Beinroth, and Paul Reich
  Key words: land resource quality, land resource stress, food security, sustainable agriculture
• Organic farming in Austria
  Christian R. Vogl and Jürgen Hess
  Key words: ecological farming, organic certification, organic marketing, European Union, organic subsidies, organic incentives, food safety, food quality, farm advisory service

• Fine-scale analysis of soil quality for various land uses and landforms in central Honduras
  P.J. Ericksen and K. McSweeney
  Key words: soil attributes, soil functions, sustainable land management, biophysical complexity, biological complexity
• Breeding corn for adaptation to two diverse intercropping companions
  N. O'Leary and M.E. Smith
  Key words: intercrop, monoculture, selection, clover, bean
• Impact of irrigated agricultural practices on environmental quality and human health in the West Bank
  M. Abu-Amrieh, W. Sabbah, and J. Isaac
  Key words: groundwater, pollution, fertilizers, pesticides, fumigation, agricultural colonies
• Trying and buying locally grown produce at the workplace: Results of a marketing intervention
  Nancy J. Ross, Molly D. Anderson, Jeanne P. Goldberg, Robert Houser, and Beatrice Lorge Rogers
  Key words: food marketing, food purchasing, consumer preferences, consumer attitudes, consumer behavior, farmers' markets, Maine, worksite intervention
• Evaluating consumer knowledge of alternative agricultural commodities: The case of IPM produce
  Ramu Govindasamy and John Italia
  Key words: demographic characteristics, food marketing, integrated pest management, logit model
• Commentary: Castile-La Mancha: A once traditional and integrated cereal-sheep farming system under change
  Rafael Caballero
  Key words: Mediterranean agriculture, land-less tenure, cropping systems, forage legumes, natural resources

• Feasibility of cereal straw for industrial utilization in Minnesota
  N.C. Wagner, S. Ramaswamy, and U. Tschirner
  Key words: pulp mills, straw availability, straw procurement, straw storage, straw transportation
• Do health benefits explain the price premiums for organic foods?
  Fred Kuchler, Katherine Ralston, and J. Robert Tomerlin
  Key words: benefits, costs, diet, pesticides, risks
• Dairy farm characteristics and managed flows of phosphorus
  B.H. Anderson and F.R. Magdoff
  Key words: animal nutrition, dairy cows, nutrient flows, P soil test, Vermont, water quality
• Integrative biological indicators for detecting change in soil quality
  E.L. Ndiaye, J.M. Sandeno, D, McGrath, and R.P. Dick
  Key words: cover crops, enzyme activity, microbial biomass, nitrogen mineralization
• Commentary: Farmland preservation and sustainable agriculture: Grassroots and policy connections
  K.S. Korfmacher
  Key words: agricultural policies, environmental protection, sustainable production
• Commentary: Designing a durable and positive future for agriculture
  Charles A. Francis

• Purslane as a living mulch in broccoli production
  D.R. Ellis, K. Guillard, and R.G. Adams
  Key words: Brassica oleracea L., common purslane, Portulaca oleracea L., weed control
• An assessment of reduced herbicide and fertilizer inputs on cereal grain yield and weed growth
  F.C. Stevenson, A.M. Johnston, S.A. Brandt, and L. Townley-Smith
  Key words: cereal crop yields, cultural practices, N and P fertilizers, weed presence
• Studies of the preceding crop effect of ley in ecological agriculture
  Artur Granstedt and Gärd L-Baeckström
  Key words: C:N ratio, humidification coefficient, nitrogen mineralization, soil fertility
• Performance of reduced-tillage cropping systems for sustainable grain production in Maryland
  J.R. Teasdale, R.C. Rosecrance, C.B. Coffman, J.L. Starr, I.C. Paltineau, Y.C. Lu, and B.K. Watkins
  Key words: corn, cover crops, crimson clover, crownvetch, hairy vetch, living mulches, manure, residues, soybean, weeds, wheat
• Factors influencing resident attitudes regarding the land application of biosolids
  Bruce E. Lindsay, Haojiang Zhou, and John M. Halstead
  Key words: composting, economic benefits, educational programs, household surveys, negative impacts, sewage sludge, waste management

• The Wallace family vision and today's agricultural challenges
  John C. Culver
• The effect of farming systems on the relationship of corn root growth to grain yields
  Walter A. Goldstein
  Key words: crop rotations, green manures, sustainable agriculture, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial
• Biodynamic preparations: Short-term effects on crops, soils, and weed populations
  Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, John P. Reganold, and Ann C. Kennedy
  Key words: biodynamic farming, biological farming, compost, organic farming
• Lessons learned from the Upper Midwest Organic Marketing Project
  T.L. Dobbs, R.C. Shane, and D.M. Feuz
  Key words: agricultural policy, economics, marketing techniques, organic dairy, organic farming, organic grains, organic markets, quality labeling
• The meaning of sustainable agriculture: Reflections of some Kansas practitioners
  D. Norman, L. Bloomquist, R. Janke, S. Freyenberger, J. Jost, B. Schurle, and H. Kok
  Key words: evaluation tools, group interviews, whole farm planning
• Statistical analysis of pest-tolerant crop response with reference to corn weed control
  Fang Du, Bernard J. Morzuch, L. Joe Moffitt, and Prasanta C. Bhowmik
  Key words: agroeconomic response, environmental perspective, statistical modeling

• Use of fabric and compost mulches for vegetable production in a low tillage, permanent bed system: Effects on crop yield and labor
  R.S. Feldman, C.E. Holmes, and T.A. Blomgren
  Key words: cabbage, mulching, organic mulches, polyethylene film, synthetic mulches, watermelon, weed control
• Soil salinity, a major constraint to irrigated agriculture in the Punjab region of Pakistan: Contributing factors and strategies for amelioration
  Andrew P. Davidson
  Key words: agroforestry, alternative crops, bioremediation, production strategies, waterloggingt
• A Geographic Information System for identification of potential alternative crops utilizing soil and climatic variables in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
  J.A. Young, G.F. Vance, L.C. Munn, B.M. Christensen, and M.S. Schaad
  Key words: climatic data layers, geostatistics, soils data layers
• Information dissemination in alternative agriculture research: An analysis of researchers in the North Central region
  K.L. Larson and L.A. Duram
  Key words: Cooperative Extension Service, land-grant universities, sustainable agriculture, USDA agricultural research
• Factors affecting the adoption of conservation tillage on clay soils in southwestern Ontario, Canada
  Johanna Wandel and John Smithers
  Key words: agricultural sustainability, farmer attitudes, innovation adoption research
• Corn gluten meal—a natural preemergence herbicide: Effect on vegetable seedling survival and weed cover
  Melissa C. McDade and Nick E. Christians
  Key words: crop production, natural products, weed control

• An economic comparison of traditional and conventional agricultural systems at a county level
  M.H. Bender
  Key words: alternative farm power, Amish, animal traction, draft horses, farm financial performance, farm size, land use, Ohio, U.S. agricultural census
• Integrated crop management: The other precision agriculture
  Steve Padgitt, Peggy Petrzelka, Wendy Wintersteen, and Eric Imerman
  Key words: crop consultants, crop yields, farm inputs, farm profits, integrated decision-making, Iowa, site-specific crop management, sustainable agriculture
• Use of soil tests among organic farmers in New England
  Claire A. Kozower
  Key words: farm surveys, on-farm soil testing, organic agriculture, soil quality
• Beyond profitability: Using economic indicators to measure farm sustainability
  S. Freyenberger, R. Levins, D. Norman, and D. Rumsey
  Key words: economic analysis, government farm payments, Kansas, sustainability indicators, sustainable agriculture, U.S. farm policy
• Commentary: Agriculture's mission: Finding a partner
  R.L. Zimdahl and R.L. Speer
  Key words: agribusiness, environmental groups, mission statements, research cooperation

• Performance of a Swedish deep-bedded feeder pig production system in Iowa
  M.S. Honeyman and D. Kent
  Key words: alternative swine production, livestock bedding, hoop structures, straw bedding, sustainable livestock systems, swine housing
• Assessment of the potential to improve N fixation by cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Ghanaian soils
  J.O. Fening, W. Dogbe, and S.K.A. Danso
  Key words: cropping systems, food legumes, N fertilization, soil fertility
• Small grain winter cover crops for conservation of residual soil nitrogen in the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
  F.J. Coale, J.M. Costa, G.A. Bollero, and S.P. Schlosnagle
  Key words: barley, cereal rye, nitrate leaching, triticale, wheat
• An assessment of SARE-funded farmer research on sustainable agriculture in the north central U.S.
  Margaret M. Kroma and Cornelia Butler Flora
  Key words: alternative agriculture, learning communities, local knowledge, on-farm research, social networks
• Farmer support for publicly funded sustainable agriculture research: The case of hoop structures for swine
  Julie T. Sharp and C. Clare Hinrichs
  Key words: farmers' attitudes, hogs, land-grant universities, low-input agriculture, low-input technology, pigs, research support, swine housing
• Commentary: Challenges in designing ecological agriculture education: A Nordic perspective on change
  Charles A. Francis, Geir Lieblein, Juha Helenius, Lennart Salomonsson, Hanne Olsen, and John Porter
  Key words: action learning, agroecology, experiential education, farming systems, higher education, organic farming

• Assessing the sustainability of a terraced agroecosystem for production of nopal vegetable (Opuntia ficus-indica) in metropolitan Mexico City
  H. Losada, J. Vieyra, R. Soriano, R. Bennett, J. Cortés, and P. Zavaleta
  Key words: economic indicators, environmental indicators, farm accounts, farm labor, farm size, land use, social indicators, urban agriculture
• Contribution of the bison industry to North Dakota's economy
  Randall S. Sell, Dean A. Bangsund, and F. Larry Leistritz
  Key words: bison processing, bison production, bison ranching, economic impacts, farm surveys
• An alternative agricultural plan for the food-deficient, environmentally fragile hills of Nepal
  K.P. Pant and V.K. Pandey
  Key words: cattle grazing, crop planning, environmental management, farm planning, fodder plants, hill agriculture, lexicographic goal programming
• Performance evaluation and impact assessment of a small water-harvesting structure in the Shiwalik foothills of northern India
  H.S. Sur, Anil Bhardwaj, and P.K. Jindal
  Key words: community development, community water supplies, earthen dams, fish culture, integrated crop-livestock enterprises, land reclamation, rainwater harvesting, soil erosion control, supplemental irrigation, water catchments
• Cultivating the increasingly popular medicinal plant, goldenseal: Review and update
  Adrianne Sinclair and Paul M. Catling
  Key words: ginseng, natural resource conservation, plant ecology, propagation, soil characteristics, sustainable agriculture, wild germplasm

• Perennial wheat: The development of a sustainable cropping system for the U.S. Pacific Northwest
  Pamela L. Scheinost, Doug L. Lammer, Xiwen Cai, Timothy D. Murray, and Stephen S. Jones
  Key words: carbon sequestration, cereal grains, Conservation Reserve Program, crop cover, no-till agriculture, plant breeding, soil erosion control
• Tillage and farming system affect AM fungus populations, mycorrhizal formation, and nutrient uptake by winter wheat in a high-P soil
  Larisa Galvez, David D. Douds, Jr., and Peggy Wagoner
  Key words: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, low-input sustainable agriculture, nutrient-use efficiency, Triticum aestivum
• Integrated nutrient management for resource-poor farming systems: A case study of adaptive research and technology dissemination in Uganda
  Charles S. Wortmann and Henry Ssali
  Key words: agroecological zones, dry beans, green manure, Lantana camara, maize, opportunity costs, soil fertility
• Factors affecting farmers’ crop diversity decisions: An integrated approach
  Laurence B. Cutforth, Charles A. Francis, Gary D. Lynne, David A. Mortensen, and Kent M. Eskridge
  Key words: agroecological zones, behavioral modeling, crop rotations, farmers’ attitudes, farmers’ decision-making, social norms, socioeconomic models, U.S. Corn Belt
• IPM adoption in northeastern U.S.: An examination of the IPM continuum
  Craig S. Hollingsworth and William M. Coli
  Key words: apple, integrated pest management, potato, strawberry, sweet corn
• Multifamily farms and America’s farm structure: A new perspective on an old issue
  Jay M. Lillywhite and Michael Duffy
  Key words: farm income, farm size, Iowa, logit regression, single-family farms, structure of agriculture
• Commentary: Organic fruit production in Switzerland: Research and development to resolve cultural, management, and marketing problems
  Franco P. Weibel
  Key words: agricultural policy, apple, fruit crops, organic farming, quality labeling, quality standards

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