The results of estimating reduced form supply and input demand functions suggest that farm programs have increased the area planted to corn and soybeans in the corn belt by about 12 percent, and increased fertilizer and chemical use per acre by about 18 percent. It is argued that a limited land payment (LLP) program would be neutral in its effect on the environment while helping to preserve family farms and rural communities
Population growth, combined with economic growth have been primary causes of urban sprawl and increa...
Land is an essential resource for most types of agricultural production. Its continued productivity ...
This study examines the effect of farm operator demographics, land attributes, production characteri...
The results of estimating reduced form supply and input demand functions suggest that farm programs ...
From 1985 to 2002, most Federal conservation dollars going to farm operators have been to retire lan...
We estimate the impact of government payments on United States land use, using county-level data fro...
As Congress develops new farm legislation, some are lobbying for a new partnership between U.S. taxp...
This paper examines the willingness of farmers to participate in hypothetical programs that would pa...
Inclusion of alfalfa in crop rotations on Eastern Corn Belt farms with high and low productivity soi...
Commodity program changes, such as planting flexibility, are estimated to achieve some net aggregate...
This report examines evidence on the relationship between agricultural land-use changes, soil produc...
Dynamic programming techniques were used to evaluate the effects of alternative levels of normal fle...
We estimate the impact of government payments on United States land use, using county-level data fro...
This study investigates the environmental impacts of several forms of policies that offer farmers su...
The study develops a conceptual framework for analyzing the allocation of conservation funds via sel...
Population growth, combined with economic growth have been primary causes of urban sprawl and increa...
Land is an essential resource for most types of agricultural production. Its continued productivity ...
This study examines the effect of farm operator demographics, land attributes, production characteri...
The results of estimating reduced form supply and input demand functions suggest that farm programs ...
From 1985 to 2002, most Federal conservation dollars going to farm operators have been to retire lan...
We estimate the impact of government payments on United States land use, using county-level data fro...
As Congress develops new farm legislation, some are lobbying for a new partnership between U.S. taxp...
This paper examines the willingness of farmers to participate in hypothetical programs that would pa...
Inclusion of alfalfa in crop rotations on Eastern Corn Belt farms with high and low productivity soi...
Commodity program changes, such as planting flexibility, are estimated to achieve some net aggregate...
This report examines evidence on the relationship between agricultural land-use changes, soil produc...
Dynamic programming techniques were used to evaluate the effects of alternative levels of normal fle...
We estimate the impact of government payments on United States land use, using county-level data fro...
This study investigates the environmental impacts of several forms of policies that offer farmers su...
The study develops a conceptual framework for analyzing the allocation of conservation funds via sel...
Population growth, combined with economic growth have been primary causes of urban sprawl and increa...
Land is an essential resource for most types of agricultural production. Its continued productivity ...
This study examines the effect of farm operator demographics, land attributes, production characteri...