Conservation compliance effectiveness
depends on where the money goes
Roger
Claassen
USDA’s Conservation
Compliance Program was designed to ensure
that Federal farm programs did not encourage
crop production on highly erodible land
(HEL) in the absence of measures to
protect against soil erosion. Under
this program, farmers who grow crops
on HEL must apply an approved soil conservation
system or risk losing eligibility for
Federal income support, conservation,
and other payments.
The effectiveness of
conservation compliance in enhancing
soil conservation depends, in part,
on the extent to which farms that crop
HEL also receive Federal farm program
payments. Overall, 86 percent of all
cropland and about 83 percent of highly
erodible cropland is located on farms
that receive farm program payments.
|
Get all Indicators in PDF format