RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Controlling agricultural soil loss in Arkansas' North Lake Chicot watershed: A cost analysis
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 182
OP 185
VO 37
IS 3
A1 Alan D. McQueen
A1 Robert N. Shulstad
A1 C. Tim Osborn
YR 1982
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/37/3/182.abstract
AB Soil loss could be reduced almost 25 percent in Arkansas' North Lake Chicot watershed, from 4.2 tons per acre to 3.2 tons per acre, while increasing net returns to farmers from $83.94 per acre to $107.28 per acre by altering present cropping patterns. A prohibition on fall plowing would result in an average net return of $106.28 per acre and reduce average soil loss to 2.9 tons per acre. An average soil loss restriction would be the most cost-effective policy, exclusive of administrative costs. A restriction limiting soil loss from each acre to a maximum amount would be much more costly than a soil loss restriction that allows some acres to have a high loss and others a low loss but limits the average loss per acre for the entire watershed.