USE AND COST OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY PRACTICES IN THE SOUTHEAST

Jesse R. Russell and Lee A. Christensen

No 276790, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The most frequently used conservation practices in the Southeast are terracing, sod waterways, permanent vegetative cover crops, and conservation tillage. Costs of terracing per acre ranged from $125 in Kentucky to $17 in South Carolina. Sod waterway costs ranged from $1,854 in Kentucky to $858 in Tennessee. Permanent vegetative cover costs ranged from a high of $121 in South Carolina to a low of $73 in North Carolina. Conservation tillage costs ranged from a high of $48 per acre in Florida to a low of $9 in Tennessee.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25
Date: 1984-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276790

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