Table 8 Effect of different treatments on labor cost inputs in maize production during 2022–2023.

From: Practical strategies for film-side sowing technology to enhance root lodging resistance and grain yield in spring maize on the loess plateau

Year

Treatment

Land Preparation

Fertilization

Sowing

“Seedling Release”

Harvesting

Total

($ ha − 1)

2022

FSS

57.14

171.42

57.14

0

71.43

357.14

UPM

57.14

171.42

57.14

85.71

71.43

442.84

CK

57.14

171.42

57.14

0

71.43

357.14

2023

FSS

57.14

171.42

57.14

0

71.43

357.14

UPM

57.14

171.42

57.14

85.71

71.43

442.86

CK

57.14

171.42

57.14

0

71.43

357.14

  1. Labor costs was 14.29 $ per person per day in the Xinzhou city.
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