PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Earl O. Heady AU - David R. Daines, Jr. TI - Short-term and long-term implications of soil loss control on U.S. agriculture DP - 1982 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation PG - 109--113 VI - 37 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.jswconline.org/content/37/2/109.short 4100 - http://www.jswconline.org/content/37/2/109.full AB - Three policy alternatives were analyzed with a national and interregional programming model to determine their effectiveness in attaining national soil conservation goals: (a) establishment of an absolute soil loss limit of 5 tons per acre per year on all farms and land groups, (b) a tax on each ton of soil loss, and (c) subsidies for soil conservation practices based on the practices' effectiveness in controlling soil loss. The analysis showed the subsidy policy to be preferable, both in terms of its effectiveness in reducing soil loss and in terms of its practicality of application.