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The Use Of Markets To Increase Private Investment in Environmental Stewardship—U.S. farmers and ranchers control significant amounts of natural resources that can provide a host of environmental services, including cleaner air and water, flood control, and wildlife. Creating markets for environmental services could increase private investment in environmental stewardship and increase the flow of environmental services. See also the related Amber
Waves article.
Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2006 Edition—The
chapters in this report describe trends in resources
used in and affected by agricultural production, as
well as the economic conditions and policies that influence
agricultural resource use and its environmental impacts.
Specific analysis looks at
policy measures used to address agriculture's impact on the
environment, including land retirement and working-lands programs; compliance
provisions, and farmland protection.
Amber
Waves Special Issue: Agriculture and the Environment—Feature
articles in the July 2006 Special Issue include Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation
Policy, Measuring the Success of Conservation Programs,
Land Retirement and Working-land Conservation Structures:
A Look at Farmers' Choices, Farmland Retirement's
Impact on Rural Growth, Improving Air and Water Quality
Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin, and Environmental
Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit? Other articles
cover such topics as conservation program
design, rural amenities, purchase of development
rights, conservation compliance, soil erosion, organic
farming, global warming, carbon sequestration, hypoxia,
cropping practices, ARMS data, cropland area, and
wetland losses.
Ethanol and a Changing Agricultural Landscape (November 2009). The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 established specific targets for the production of biofuels in the United States. This report summarizes the estimated effects of meeting the EISA targets for 2015 on regional agricultural production and the environment.
Major Uses of Land in
the United States, 2002—This publication presents
the results of the latest (2002) inventory of U.S.
major land uses, drawing on data from the census,
public land management and conservation agencies, and
other sources. The data are synthesized by State to
calculate the use of several broad classes and subclasses
of agricultural and nonagricultural land over time.
Manure Management for
Water Quality: Costs to Animal Feeding Operations of
Applying Manure Nutrients to Land—Nutrients
from livestock and poultry manure are key sources of
water pollution. Ever-growing numbers of animals per
farm and per acre have increased the risk of water
pollution. New Clean Water Act regulations compel the
largest confined animal producers to meet nutrient
application standards when applying manure to the land.
This report examines the costs to producers and consumers
of meeting nutrient management requirements.
See the complete
catalog of related readings.
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