Farmers Report Soil-Related Resource Concerns on About Half of Soybean, Wheat, Cotton, and Oat Fields

Andrew Rosenberg and Steven Wallander

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2022, vol. 2022

Abstract: Soil resource concerns can reduce farm productivity and profitability on farm fields, as well as exacerbate off-farm impacts of agriculture. Farmers growing oats and cotton in 2015, wheat in 2017, and soybeans in 2018 reported having at least one within-field resource concern on 49 percent of their fields. Water-driven erosion is the most prevalent farmer-reported resource concern, followed by soil compaction, poor drainage, and low organic matter. Farmers received technical assistance with production practices on 24 percent of their fields with self-reported resource concerns. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service was the most common source of technical assistance.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.324148

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