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  • Compliance incentives under the 2014 Farm Act would be lower without link to crop insurance premium subsidy
    11/1/2017
    Compliance incentives under the 2014 Farm Act would be lower without link to crop insurance premium subsidy
  • Declines in pollinator forage suitability concentrated in the Midwest
    10/3/2017
    Declines in pollinator forage suitability concentrated in the Midwest
  • Conservation Compliance links crop insurance premium subsidies to soil conservation
    9/15/2017
    Conservation Compliance links crop insurance premium subsidies to soil conservation
  • Almond producers accounted for 80 percent—over $280 million—of pollination service fees in 2016
    8/7/2017
    Almond producers accounted for 80 percent—over $280 million—of pollination service fees in 2016
  • Conservation Compliance has significantly reduced water erosion on fields designated as highly erodible
    7/28/2017
    Conservation Compliance has significantly reduced water erosion on fields designated as highly erodible
  • To promote soil health, USDA’s funding for cover crops increased ten-fold between 2005 and 2013
    10/25/2016
    To promote soil health, USDA’s funding for cover crops increased ten-fold between 2005 and 2013
  • Some manure nutrients produced in the Chesapeake Bay watershed can be captured for later use
    9/30/2016
    Some manure nutrients produced in the Chesapeake Bay watershed can be captured for later use
  • Some conservation practices are more widely adopted than others
    9/21/2016
    Some conservation practices are more widely adopted than others
  • USDA conservation funding shifts from land retirement toward working land
    5/31/2016
    USDA conservation funding shifts from land retirement toward working land
  • Major crop producers apply most nitrogen fertilizer in the spring and after planting
    4/22/2016
    Major crop producers apply most nitrogen fertilizer in the spring and after planting
  • Southern regions in the U.S. have the highest rates of cover crop adoption
    3/1/2016
    Southern regions in the U.S. have the highest rates of cover crop adoption
  • No-till or strip-till use on all acres of four major crops, 2010-11
    12/21/2015
    No-till or strip-till use on all acres of four major crops, 2010-11
  • While total acreage in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) continues to decline, land in "continuous signup" steadily increases
    6/25/2015
    While total acreage in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) continues to decline, land in "continuous signup" steadily increases
  • Maintaining and restoring wetlands could remove nitrogen cost effectively over much of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River watersheds
    6/1/2015
    Maintaining and restoring wetlands could remove nitrogen cost effectively over much of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River watersheds
  • Mean annual payment per acre for CRP general sign-up contracts, by vegetation type, March 2008
    5/15/2015
    Mean annual payment per acre for CRP general sign-up contracts, by vegetation type, March 2008
  • Wetland duck-hunting benefits in the western portion of the Prairie Pothole Region exceed expected costs
    4/30/2015
    Wetland duck-hunting benefits in the western portion of the Prairie Pothole Region exceed expected costs
  • Chesapeake Bay watershed crop acres, vulnerable acres, acres in need of treatment, and cropland acres receiving manure, by sub-basin, 2011
    4/29/2015
    Chesapeake Bay watershed crop acres, vulnerable acres, acres in need of treatment, and cropland acres receiving manure, by sub-basin, 2011
  • Incentive payments often boost adoption of conservation practices
    4/22/2015
    Incentive payments often boost adoption of conservation practices
  • Costs of restoring and preserving wetlands vary across the United States
    4/10/2015
    Costs of restoring and preserving wetlands vary across the United States
  • "No-till" practices are used on over half of major cropland acres
    12/5/2014
    "No-till" practices are used on over half of major cropland acres
  • Environmental vulnerability varies across the Chesapeake Bay watershed
    8/21/2014
    Environmental vulnerability varies across the Chesapeake Bay watershed
  • Most U.S. corn acres at risk of nitrogen losses to the environment
    8/12/2014
    Most U.S. corn acres at risk of nitrogen losses to the environment
  • Many factors, including conservation payments, influence the adoption of conservation practices
    7/29/2014
    Many factors, including conservation payments, influence the adoption of conservation practices
  • Herbicide-tolerant (HT) soybean growers more likely to practice conservation tillage
    7/9/2014
    Herbicide-tolerant (HT) soybean growers more likely to practice conservation tillage
  • Crop insurance premium subsidies now subject to environmental compliance
    6/24/2014
    Crop insurance premium subsidies now subject to environmental compliance
  • Agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions disproportionately high relative to share of economy
    6/2/2014
    Agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions disproportionately high relative to share of economy
  • Future carbon dioxide mitigation potential, assuming adoption of management change by 50% of farmers
    4/21/2014
    Future carbon dioxide mitigation potential, assuming adoption of management change by 50% of farmers
  • Nitrogen Follows Many Pathways in a Livestock Operation
    4/4/2014
    Nitrogen Follows Many Pathways in a Livestock Operation
  • Steps farmers take to meet increasingly stringent ammonia emission reductions increase the amount of excess nutrients applied to fields
    4/4/2014
    Steps farmers take to meet increasingly stringent ammonia emission reductions increase the amount of excess nutrients applied to fields
  • Reducing ammonia emissions would increase costs of meeting nitrogen applications standards to CAFOs*
    4/4/2014
    Reducing ammonia emissions would increase costs of meeting nitrogen applications standards to CAFOs*
  • Funding for conservation shifts towards working land conservation under the Agricultural Act of 2014
    3/19/2014
    Funding for conservation shifts towards working land conservation under the Agricultural Act of 2014
  • Rural counties drive the 2000-11 growth in U.S. onshore production of oil and natural gas
    2/21/2014
    Rural counties drive the 2000-11 growth in U.S. onshore production of oil and natural gas
  • Crop insurance subsidies provide continuing, although uneven, incentives for conservation compliance as direct payments end
    2/10/2014
    Crop insurance subsidies provide continuing, although uneven, incentives for conservation compliance as direct payments end
  • The Conservation Reserve Program is regionally concentrated
    1/29/2014
    The Conservation Reserve Program is regionally concentrated
  • Emerging energy industries have had varied impacts on local employment in rural areas
    12/24/2013
    Emerging energy industries have had varied impacts on local employment in rural areas
  • Conservation program support has grown and changed emphasis over the last two decades
    12/6/2013
    Conservation program support has grown and changed emphasis over the last two decades