The Future of Environmental Compliance Incentives in U.S. Agriculture: The Role of Commodity, Conservation, and Crop Insurance Programs

Claassen, Roger

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2026902

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“…In closing, it is clear that agricultural economic and budgetary factors have weakened Conservation Compliance substantially, and this trend will continue if direct payments are discontinued and compliance is not tied to other farm program benefits such as crop insurance subsidies (Claassen 2012). For critics who have long held that Conservation Compliance policy is not as effective as it could be (Cox et al 2011;Perez 2007;Schnepf 2012), this trend is of deep concern.…”

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Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Arbuckle¹

2013

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

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Conservation Compliance, which since its inception in 1985 has led to substantial reductions in soil erosion by linking eligibility for some Farm Bill programs to erosion control on highly erodible land, is at a critical juncture. Agricultural economic and budget factors have reduced the effectiveness of compliance incentives, and numerous groups are calling for enhancement of incentives and/or for extension of compliance beyond erosion control to cover concerns such as water quality impairment. This study analyzed survey data measuring Iowa farmers' support for four increasingly stringent Conservation Compliance scenarios ranging from the current configuration to a requirement that all farmers control nutrient runoff regardless of participation in Farm Bill programs. Overall, the results indicate that Iowa farmers have a generally positive view of Conservation Compliance policy, both as currently configured and in potentially more stringent and extensive forms. Farmers with stronger conservationist identities and attitudes were more likely to endorse increasing the scope and stringency of Conservation Compliance, while farmers who expressed greater levels of concern about the property rights implications of government intervention and those with more productivist orientations were less likely to support such policy changes. Taken as a whole, the results suggest that most Iowa farmers think that Conservation Compliance is a good idea, should be continued, and should be extended to more farmers and other resource concerns.

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“…Federally subsidized crop insurance has come to represent a substantial proportion of farm program benefits (White and Hoppe 2012), but it is not part of the Conservation Compliance equation. If direct payments are eliminated, farmer incentives to retain conservation practices on HEL will be substantially reduced (Claassen 2012).…”

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Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Arbuckle¹

2013

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

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“…In the USA, it has been reported that no-till practices resulted in reduction of cropland erosion by more than onethird (from 3.1 billion tonnes of soil to 1.9 billion tonnes) between 1982 and 1997 (Claassen, 2012). In the submontaneous tract of Punjab, India, Bhatt and Khera (2006) reported that runoff and soil loss were 5% and 40% higher under CT compared with MT.…”

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Conservation tillage impacts on soil, crop and the environment

Busari

Kukal

Kaur

et al. 2015

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

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There is an urgent need to match food production with increasing world population through identification of sustainable land management strategies. However, the struggle to achieve food security should be carried out keeping in mind the soil where the crops are grown and the environment in which the living things survive. Conservation agriculture (CA), practising agriculture in such a way so as to cause minimum damage to the environment, is being advocated at a large scale world-wide. Conservation tillage, the most important aspect of CA, is thought to take care of the soil health, plant growth and the environment. This paper aims to review the work done on conservation tillage in different agro-ecological regions so as to understand its impact from the perspectives of the soil, the crop and the environment. Research reports have identified several benefits of conservation tillage over conventional tillage (CT) with respect to soil physical, chemical and biological properties as well as crop yields. Not less than 25% of the greenhouse gas effluxes to the atmosphere are attributed to agriculture. Processes of climate change mitigation and adaptation found zero tillage (ZT) to be the most environmental friendly among different tillage techniques. Therefore, conservation tillage involving ZT and minimum tillage which has potential to break the surface compact zone in soil with reduced soil disturbance offers to lead to a better soil environment and crop yield with minimal impact on the environment.

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“…Another possibility for policy innovation would be in the Conservation Title of the next US Farm Bill, scheduled for 2018. In the past, ‘compliance’ programs have required farmers to adopt conservation practices on working lands (to protect wetlands or reduce soil erosion) as a condition for access to crop insurance or other USDA program payments . In principle, similar compliance provisions could be applied to require growers to adopt certain resistance management practices in order to qualify for crop insurance or other USDA programs .…”

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Are herbicides a once in a century method of weed control?

Davis

Frisvold

2017

Pest Management Science

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The efficacy of any pesticide is an exhaustible resource that can be depleted over time. For decades, the dominant paradigm - that weed mobility is low relative to insect pests and pathogens, that there is an ample stream of new weed control technologies in the commercial pipeline, and that technology suppliers have sufficient economic incentives and market power to delay resistance - supported a laissez faire approach to herbicide resistance management. Earlier market data bolstered the belief that private incentives and voluntary actions were sufficient to manage resistance. Yet, there has been a steady growth in resistant weeds, while no new commercial herbicide modes of action (MOAs) have been discovered in 30 years. Industry has introduced new herbicide tolerant crops to increase the applicability of older MOAs. Yet, many weed species are already resistant to these compounds. Recent trends suggest a paradigm shift whereby herbicide resistance may impose greater costs to farmers, the environment, and taxpayers than earlier believed. In developed countries, herbicides have been the dominant method of weed control for half a century. Over the next half-century, will widespread resistance to multiple MOAs render herbicides obsolete for many major cropping systems? We suggest it would be prudent to consider the implications of such a low-probability, but high-cost development. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.

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The Future of Environmental Compliance Incentives in U.S. Agriculture: The Role of Commodity, Conservation, and Crop Insurance Programs

Cited by 20 publications

References 5 publications

Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Farmer support for extending Conservation Compliance beyond soil erosion: Evidence from Iowa

Conservation tillage impacts on soil, crop and the environment

Are herbicides a once in a century method of weed control?

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