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Economic Outcomes of Soil Health and Conservation Practices on U.S. Cropland

  • ERR-353

Overview

This report provides framing and background on soil health management, producer decision making, and economic outcomes; documents trends in the adoption of key soil health and conservation practices on cropland; reviews key findings on the economic effects of soil health and conservation practices; and provides new results on the relationship between selected practices and the yields and costs at the field level and farm-level productivity and technical efficiency.

How to Cite:

Bowman, M., Ferraro, P., Fuller, K. B., Gramig, B. M., Mosheim, R., Njuki, E., Pratt, B., Rejesus, R., & Rosenberg, A. B. (2025). Economic outcomes of soil health and conservation practices on U.S. cropland (Report No. ERR-353). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://doi.org/10.32747/2025.9227998.ers