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Labor has been treated as a fixed cost because most labor on Iowa farms is supplied by the operator, family or permanent hired labor. However, when deciding among alternative crops, labor should be ...
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Victor Ngwu, said that before now farmers used to buy fertilizers without knowing the appropriate crops to use them on, noting that fertilizers meant for grains should not be used for root crops.