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Cover for Amber Waves July 2006 — Special Issue:  Agriculture and the Environment


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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