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  • 2018 Farm Act maintains conservation spending
    2/12/2019
    2018 Farm Act maintains conservation spending
  • Inflation-adjusted spending for major conservation programs 1996-2017, with projections to 2023
    2/11/2019
    Inflation-adjusted spending for major conservation programs 1996-2017, with projections to 2023
  • Share of conservation spending by major programs and predecessors in the 2018 and previous farm acts
    2/11/2019
    Share of conservation spending by major programs and predecessors in the 2018 and previous farm acts
  • USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program is regionally concentrated
    12/3/2018
    USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program is regionally concentrated
  • Conservation program spending levels off but continues shift to Working Land Programs
    5/4/2018
    Conservation program spending levels off but continues shift to Working Land Programs
  • Wetland Compliance incentives are strong in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa
    2/27/2018
    Wetland Compliance incentives are strong in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is regionally concentrated
    3/28/2017
    The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is regionally concentrated
  • Some conservation practices are more widely adopted than others
    9/21/2016
    Some conservation practices are more widely adopted than others
  • Land in shale areas more likely to leave Conservation Reserve Program
    9/1/2016
    Land in shale areas more likely to leave Conservation Reserve Program
  • USDA conservation funding shifts from land retirement toward working land
    5/31/2016
    USDA conservation funding shifts from land retirement toward working land
  • 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
  • Average profit rates ((bid-costs)/costs) vary across different auction mechanisms
    1/26/2015
    Average profit rates ((bid-costs)/costs) vary across different auction mechanisms
  • Ag profit and bid caps
    1/23/2015
    Ag profit and bid caps
  • Conservation practice adoption and payment rates vary across practice groups
    9/3/2014
    Conservation practice adoption and payment rates vary across practice groups
  • 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
  • Changes in U.S. double-cropped acreage roughly mirror commodity prices
    6/27/2014
    Changes in U.S. double-cropped acreage roughly mirror commodity prices
  • Program design as a winnowing process
    6/24/2014
    Program design as a winnowing process
  • Crop insurance premium subsidies now subject to environmental compliance
    6/24/2014
    Crop insurance premium subsidies now subject to environmental compliance
  • CRP enrollment, 2004
    6/9/2014
    CRP enrollment, 2004
  • Double-cropped acreage varies by region
    5/29/2014
    Double-cropped acreage varies by region
  • The Southeast leads the Nation in total double-cropped acreage, 1999-2012
    5/27/2014
    The Southeast leads the Nation in total double-cropped acreage, 1999-2012
  • Rate of Growth in average annual spending for major USDA conservation will slow under the 2014 Farm Act
    5/5/2014
    Rate of Growth in average annual spending for major USDA conservation will slow under the 2014 Farm Act
  • Conservation Reserve Program annual payments declined about 10 percent since 2007
    5/5/2014
    Conservation Reserve Program annual payments declined about 10 percent since 2007