ABSTRACT:
Soil erosion control on rented cropland can present special problems for existing and new conservation programs. A variety of reasons may combine to constrain landlords and tenants from practicing soil conservation to the same degree that owner operators do. Data from Monroe County, Missouri, show clearly that there is less erosion control on rented cropland than on cropland operated by the owner. Effective erosion control on rented cropland, therefore, will require special features in new conservation programs, such as differential cost-sharing provisions for tenants.
Footnotes
David E. Ervin is an assistant professor of natural resource economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211. This article is a contribution from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Journal Series Number 9152. Financial support was also provided by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The author acknowledges the assistance of the Monroe County Soil Conservation Service and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service offices, as well as Chuck Alexander, Mike Dicks, and Gary Stampley who helped collect and analyze data.
- Copyright 1982 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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