Drivers Impacting the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Management Practices and Production Systems of the Northeast and Southeast United States
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Drivers Impacting the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Management Practices and Production Systems of the Northeast and Southeast United States G. F. Sassenratha; J. M. Halloranb; D. Archerc; R. L. Raperd; J. Hendricksonc; P. Vadase; J. Hansonc a USDA-ARS Crop Production Systems Research Unit, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA b USDA-ARS New England Plant, Soil and Water Research Lab, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA c USDA-ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota, USA d USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, Arkansas, USA e USDA-ARS US Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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