Economic impacts on U.S. agriculture from insecticide, fertilizer, soil loss, and animal waster regulatory policies

Agriculture interacts in many ways with the environment. Practices such as crop rotations, tillage operations, fertilizer and pesticide applications, and confined livestock operations are used in producing food. But, these practices can also alter the environment via runoff, sediment, nutrients, and toxic chemicals. As with other industries, agriculture\u27s impact on the environment has come under close scrutiny as resource use has become a concern of many Americans.https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/card_reports/1072/thumbnail.jp