Do USDA Farm Program Participants Contribute to Soil Erosion?

Katherine H. Reichelderfer
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Katherine Smith Evans

No 307990, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Only about one-third of U.S. cropland with excessive soil erosion rates is operated by farmers who might be influenced to reduce erosion if changes were made in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's commodity and soil conservation programs. The present commodity programs may conflict with conservation programs by encouraging the cultivation of erosive crops. Efforts to increase the consistency of USDA commodity and conservation programs would contribute little to overcoming the Nation's total erosion problems. Such efforts, however, should balance conservation objectives with objectives for farm income, commodity prices, production, and export.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 83
Date: 1985-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307990

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