Cost-sharing to promote use of conservation tillage

Thomas F. Tice; Francis M. Epplin

ABSTRACT:

Agricultural Conservation Program cost-sharing for conservation tillage was made available to some Oklahoma winter wheat producers in 1982. Previous studies found that the primary deterrent to adoption of conservation tillage in the region was lower expected wheat yields, resulting in lower expected net returns. An average subsidy of $20/acre ($50/ha) should provide ample incentive to encourage producers to experiment with conservation tillage.

Footnotes

Thomas F. Tice is a senior economist, Chase Econometrics, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004. Francis M. Epplin is associate professor of agricultural economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 74078. The authors thank Linda K. Lee for her helpful comments on the manuscript and the Oklahoma State University Lo-Till Research Committee; as well as Floyd Hawk and Charles Cooksey of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Stillwater, for their assistance on the project. Journal Article No. J-4492 of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. Project No. H-1796.
Copyright 1984 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society

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