Agricultural conservation :
Agricultural conservation : converting grassland to cropland /
United States Government Accountability Office (GAO).
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.
- vi, 91 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [77]-83) and index.
Results in brief -- Background -- Available data show conversion of native grassland to cropland continues, and these conversions add to farm program costs -- Farm program payments, rising crop prices, and the adoption of new farming technologies provide incentives to expand crop production on native grasslands -- Sodbuster has had little impact on native grassland conversions -- Objectives, scope, and methodology -- National resources inventory data on net changes in U.S. land use, 1982-2003 -- Appendix III: Census of agriculture data on net changes in uses of land in farms for the United States and selected states -- Partial budget analysis for a proposed conversion of native grassland to cropland in central South Dakota, 2003-2007 -- Summaries of economic studies examining the impact of farm program payments. Introduction -- Conclusions -- Appendix I: Appendix II: Appendix IV: Appendix V:
9781604566307 (softcover) 1604566302 (softcover)
2008018939
GBA8A5993 bnb
014708659 Uk
Agricultural conservation--Economic aspects--Great Plains.
Land use--Economic aspects--Great Plains.
Agricultural subsidies--Costs.--Great Plains
S604.62.G74 / A37 2008
Cir. 333.74 A37 / c2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. [77]-83) and index.
Results in brief -- Background -- Available data show conversion of native grassland to cropland continues, and these conversions add to farm program costs -- Farm program payments, rising crop prices, and the adoption of new farming technologies provide incentives to expand crop production on native grasslands -- Sodbuster has had little impact on native grassland conversions -- Objectives, scope, and methodology -- National resources inventory data on net changes in U.S. land use, 1982-2003 -- Appendix III: Census of agriculture data on net changes in uses of land in farms for the United States and selected states -- Partial budget analysis for a proposed conversion of native grassland to cropland in central South Dakota, 2003-2007 -- Summaries of economic studies examining the impact of farm program payments. Introduction -- Conclusions -- Appendix I: Appendix II: Appendix IV: Appendix V:
9781604566307 (softcover) 1604566302 (softcover)
2008018939
GBA8A5993 bnb
014708659 Uk
Agricultural conservation--Economic aspects--Great Plains.
Land use--Economic aspects--Great Plains.
Agricultural subsidies--Costs.--Great Plains
S604.62.G74 / A37 2008
Cir. 333.74 A37 / c2008