Latest publications of the Cash Crop branch:

The profitability of site-specific fertilisation based on Sure Grow Solutions – A Canadian case study by Yelto Zimmer, Konstantin Kockerols, Leon Ranscht
(Paper Sure Grow SSF)  published in: Studies in Agricultural Economics 126 (2024) 50-56 (pdf-document, 409 KB)

Ag Input Purchases and Usage: IT-Based vs. Advisory Services
Perspectives_Advice_Ag_Inputs_final.pdf(pdf-document, 513 KB)
(Report on the opportunities and limitations of digital services in crop production compared to personal advice from agronomists in developed markets; Jannik Dresemann, Yelto Zimmer) (pdf-document, 502 KB)

2023 Report on the opportunities and limitations of digital services in crop production compared to personal advice from agronomists in developed markets;
Jannik Dresemann, Yelto Zimmer (agri benchmark report 2023, pdf-document, 1.517 KB)

Precision crop farming - Between dreams and reality
2023 Thesis paper on the poor uptake of some key digital tools in crop production;
Jannik Dresemann, Yelto Zimmer
(pdf-document, 175 KB)

Farm to Fork -
Substantial Cuts in Output, Little GHG Savings in the EU
(Review of a JRC report by Yelto Zimmer, pdf-document, 188 KB)

Erheblicher Produktionsrückgang, wenig Einsparung bei Treibhausgas-Emissionen
(Einschätzung des JRC Berichts von Y. Zimmer, pdf-document, 188 KB)

Challenges and Perspectives in the Direct Marketing of Crop Inputs
(agri benchmark report, 2021, pdf-document, 614 KB)

Challenges and Perspectives in Global Rapeseed Production
(agri benchmark report, 2020, pdf-document, 1.950 KB)

Russian oilseed production on the rise
(Briefing paper 2018/9, pdf-document, 1.476 KB)

Farmers in northeast China look for profitable alternatives to corn
(Full version of published article, pdf-document, 1.171 KB)