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July 2006 — Special Issue: Agriculture and the Environment
Feature articles in the July 2006 Special Issue include…Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy, Measuring the Success of Conservation Programs, Land Retirement and Working-land Conservation Structures: A Look at Farmers’ Choices, Farmland Retirement’s Impact on Rural Growth, Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin, Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit? Other articles cover such topics as…conservation program design, rural amenities, purchase of development rights, conservation compliance, soil erosion, organic farming, global warming, carbon sequestration, hypoxia, cropping practices, ARMS data, cropland area, wetland losses.
Up Front
A Closer Look at Agriculture and the Environment
Feature Articles
Policy Options
Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy
Policy Outcomes
Measuring the Success of Conservation Programs
Land Retirement and Working-land Conservation Structures: A Look at Farmer's Choices
Farmland Retirement's Impact on Rural Growth
Emerging Issues
Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin
Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?
Findings
Policy Options
A Multitude of Design Decisions Influence Conservation Program Performance
Rural Amenities: A Key Reason for Farmland Protection
Policy Outcomes
Conservation Compliance May Reduce Soil Erosion
U.S. Organic Farm Sector Continues to Expand
Emerging Issues
Is Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture Economically Feasible?
Hypoxia in the Gulf: Addressing Agriculture's Contribution
Statistics
Data Feature
ARMS Data Highlights Trends in Cropping Practices
Indicators
Estimating U.S. Cropland Area
Wetland losses
Conservation compliance effectiveness depends on where the money goes
Cropland Use
Geographic distribution of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is stable
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