What Enterprise is Sustainable for Me?
Cabbage
To evaluate how well this enterprise aligns with your farm's agronomic, marketing, financial and management resources, answer these five questions. Then, calculate your score.
Using a scale from 0 to 100, scores indicate your farm's likely success with an enterprise.
The icons link to resources you can use to answer these questions.
QUESTIONS
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1. Insect damage can limit marketability for affected cabbages. Are you willing to invest in regular insect scouting and the appropriate control methods that minimize insect-related damage to the cabbage crop?
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2. Cabbage production requires specialized equipment. If your operation chooses to use cabbage transplants, then can you access equipment like a tobacco setter for transplanting, or if your operation chooses to plant cabbage from seed, then can you access a precision seeder?
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3. Are you willing to supplement fertilizers applied to cabbage production sites with boron to avoid the hollow heart condition from affecting cabbage heads?
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No
4. Bolting refers to the plant leaving its vegetative stage and entering its reproductive stage. If planning a spring cabbage crop, then can your operation plant and harvest the crop early enough to limit crop losses attributed to bolting?
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5. Tipburn is a physiological condition that would influence cabbage marketability. Are you willing to adopt prevention strategies such as choosing tolerant varieties, applying fertilizer at the correct rates, adjusting the soil pH level and supplementing calcium levels as necessary to limit tipburn incidence?
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No
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After completing all questions for an enterprise, calculate your score. A pop-up page will share your results. Scores closer to 100 suggest the enterprise would align well with your farm. Scores closer to 0 suggest the enterprise would not fit as well, based on your responses to the questions.