%0 Journal Article %A J. R. Williams %A T. W. Roth %A M. M. Claassen %T Profitability of alternative production and tillage strategies for dryland wheat and grain sorghum in the Central Great Plains %D 2000 %J Journal of Soil and Water Conservation %P 49-56 %V 55 %N 1 %X Three tillage systems used in continuous cropping and rotations with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] were compared. Experiment station yield data and annual price data from 1986 to 1335 were coupled with 1995 cost-of-production estimates to determine expected net returns for a typical dryland farm in south central Kansas. In general, risk analysis indicated that risk-averse managers preferred reduced-tillage systems. A rotation of reduced-tillage sorghum and no-tillage wheat was preferred by moderately risk-averse producers. A combination of reduced-tillage continuous sorghum and redtued-tillage continuous wheat was preferred by more risk-averse producers. Planting wheat and grain sorghum in a rotation provided a small economic advantage compared to planting a single crop of wheat or sorghum. %U https://www.jswconline.org/content/jswc/55/1/49.full.pdf