?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Changes+in+farm+structure+following+conversion+to+organic+farming+in+Denmark++&rft.creator=Langer%2C+Vibeke&rft.subject=+Production+systems&rft.subject=+Production+systems&rft.subject=+Farming+Systems&rft.description=+Compared+with+conventional+farms%2C+organic+farms+are+expected+to+be+more+diverse%2C+less+specialized+and+less+intensive%2C+and+organic+farms+as+a+group+are+expected+to+contribute+to+a+more+uniform+regional+distribution+of+farm+types.+Data+on+farm+size%2C+crop+distribution+and+livestock+intensity+prior+to+conversion+and+planned+after+conversion+on+448+Danish+farms%2C+which+began+conversion+to+organic+farming+in+1997%2C+are+presented+in+adressing+two+questions%3A+1)+what+features+characterize+Danish+farms+that+convert+from+conventional+to+organic+farming+%3F%2C+2)+what+do+the++farms+convert+to%3A+do+farm+types%2C+stocking+rates+and+crop+distribution+change+with+conversion+%3F+In+1997%2C+dairy+farms+dominated+among+the+converting+farms+in+acreage%2C+and+a+large+majority+(80-97%25)+of+the+farmers+of+all+farm+types+planned+to+continue+with+the+same+type+of+production+system+after+conversion+as+they+had+before.+Thus%2C+the+regional+pattern+in+organic+farm+types+will+be+similar+to+that+which+characterize+conventional+farms.+Although+the+total+number+of+livestock+units+on+the+448+converting+farms+is+planned+to+increase+by+6%25+following+conversion+to+organic+farming%2C+the+converting+farms+are+well+below-average+in+stocking+rates+compared+with+all+Danish+farms+both+before+and+after+conversion.+Farmers+plan+changes+in+crop+distribution+when+converting%3A+a+20%25+decrease+in+the+acreage+for+cereal+production%2C+a+doubling+of+the+acreage+for+grassland+in+rotation%2C+a+decrease+in++acreages+for+setaside%2C+row+crops+and+oilseed+rape%2C+with+roughage+and+seeds+unchanged.++Planned+changes+in+crop+distribution+differ+between+farm+types.+The+need+for+including+aspects+of+diversity+and+intensity+of+production+on+both+farm+and+higher+scales+in+the+evaluation+of+future+directions+in+organic+farming+is+discussed.+++&rft.publisher=CABI&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=source&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F1015%2F1%2FLanger_Farm_changes_til_e-prints.doc&rft.identifier=Langer%2C+Vibeke+(2002)+Changes+in+farm+structure+following+conversion+to+organic+farming+in+Denmark.+American+Journal+of+Alternative+Agriculture%2C+17+(2)%2C+pp.+75-81.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F1015%2F