ABSTRACT:
Overapplication of nutrients on cropland has caused serious water quality problems in southeastern Pennsylvania. Alternatives for alleviating the problems include improving nutrient allocations throughout the farm, reducing nutrient applications, implementing soil conservation practices, and off-site manure disposal. Solutions for improving water quality may impose substantial costs on farmers.
Footnotes
C. Edwin Young is project leader and Bradley M. Crowder is an agricultural economist with the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20005. James S. Shortle is an assistant professor and Jeffrey R. Alwang is former graduate research assistant with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802.
- Copyright 1985 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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