Economic and Physical Marginality of Highly Erodible Cropland

Ralph E. Heimlich

No 270210, 1988 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Knoxville, Tennessee from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The conventional notion that highly erodible soils are uniformly unproductive is not supported by empirical evidence. Highly erodible soils are capable of producing corn grain yields and net crop revenue statistically equivalent to that from nonerodible soils. Significant acreages with all but the highest productivity can be found at all levels of erodibility. Retiring highly erodible, physically marginal cropland is not synonymous with retiring less productive, economically marginal cropland.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1988-08-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.270210

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