TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship between increased crop acreage and nonpoint-source pollution: A Georgia case study JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 172 LP - 177 VL - 36 IS - 3 AU - Fred C. White AU - James R. Hairston AU - Wesley N. Musser AU - H. F. Perkins AU - J. F. Reed Y1 - 1981/05/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/36/3/172.abstract N2 - Between 1973 and 1976, favorable crop prices brought 676,000 acres (274,000 hectares) of new cropland into production in Georgia. Each acre of this new cropland, on the average, generated environmental loadings of 4.38 tons of sediment, 7.45 pounds of nitrogen (excluding leaching), and 1.30 pounds of phosphorus. Net farm income on this land increased an estimated $36 per acre a year. Aggregate personal income for the state rose an average of $1.41 for each $1.00 increase in net farm income. From a policy perspective, economic benefits from new cropland must be weighed against increased environmental loadings. ER -