Cropland Diversion for Conservation and Environmental Improvement: An Economic Welfare Analysis (original) (raw)

Land Economics, 1988

Abstract

With the mounting agricultural surpluses and prospects for technological breakthroughs, the search for methods to control production is understandable. The concept of long-term cropland retirement resurfaced with vigor during the 1985 farm bill deliberations. Eventually a 45 million acre Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was authorized. Unlike an earlier long-term land diversion effort known as the Soil Bank (SB), the CRP incorporates soil conservation and environmental goals in addition to supply control. Several factors were instrumental in win-

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