Evaluating The Benefits Of Conservation Compliance In The Cow Creek Watershed Latah County, Idaho

The conservation compliance provision was included in the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage farmers to control soil erosion in the united states

Direct benefits and costs of conservation on a northern Idaho farm

Bulletin no. 771 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Agriculture Experiment Station, 1995-08-01. Author(s): Michalson, Edgar L

Steep A Model For Conservation And Environmental Research

Soil erosion continues to be a major problem in the Pacific Northwest wheat region. Each year erosion losses amount to millions of tons of topsoil eroded from its croplands. In some cases where farmers use conventional farming practices as much as 12 bushels of top soil are eroded annually for each bushel of wheat produced

Selected best management practices in southeastern Idaho

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Can Farmers Survive The Federal Farm Security Act?'

The title raises an interesting question that has several ramifications. First, how many farmers can afford to leave the farm program given the current unstable level of commodity prices? In the 1990 Food Security Act (FSA) all the economic benefits of the federal farm program are linked to conservation compliance. It seems more realistic to approach the topic of FSA survival by looking at the costs and benefits of participation. To do this the short-run and long-run economic impacts both on and off the farm have to be evaluated. FSA attempts to reduce the economic and environmental impacts of erosion by requiring farmers to use approved conservation practices on highly erodible lands. The way chosen to do this is to tie the farm program benefits to the use of a Soil Conservation Service approved conservation plan. The carrot used to make the pill easier to swallow is continuation of farm program benefits. The stick or penalty is the loss of all farm program benefits