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Economics of Crop Diversification and Soil Tillage Opportunities in the Canadian Prairies

^a Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, Semiarid Prairie Agric. Res. Cent., Box 1030, Swift Current, SK, Canada S9H 3X2
^b Dep. of Agric. Econ., Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 4A5
^c Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Res. Cent., Box 3000 Main, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1
^d Dep. of Agric. Econ., Washington State Univ., Box 696210, Pullman, WA 99164-6210
^e Dep. of Land Resour. and Environ. Sci., Box 173120, Leon Johnson Hall, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717-3120
^f Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, Scott Res. Farm, Box 10, Scott, SK, Canada S0K 4A0
^g Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, Indian Head Res. Farm, Box 760, Indian Head, SK, Canada S0G 2K0
^h Potash and Phosphate Inst. of Canada, Suite 704, CN Tower, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7K 1J5
ⁱ Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon Res. Cent., Box 1000A RR 3, Brandon, MB, Canada R7A 5Y3

View larger version (65K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Major soil–climatic zones of the Canadian prairies.

View larger version (30K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Trends in summer-fallow area and in areas planted to cereal, oilseed, and pulse crops in the Canadian prairies (Source: Statistics Canada, 1998).