PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hoag, Dana
AU  - Taylor, Daniel
AU  - Young, Douglas
TI  - Do acreage diversion programs encourage farming erodible land? A Palouse case study
DP  - 1984 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
PG  - 138--143
VI  - 39
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/39/2/138.short
4100  - http://www.jswconline.org/content/39/2/138.full
AB  - Steep class IVe land has the most soil erosion and lowest crop yields in the Washington-Idaho Palouse, but returns generally exceed variable production costs on this land. Incentives to continue farming erodible land historically have been strengthened by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) acreage diversion programs. A new USDA conservation program, the acreage conservation reserve, will makedly weaken incentives to continue farming erodible land in the Palouse. Moreover, the new program will reverse the previous negative impact of acreage reduction programs on erodible land retirement incentives. Nonetheless, under the new program, erodible land in the Palouse will still provide farmers a profit advantage. This suggests the need for a supplementary annual rental payment for retiring land.