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An Economic Evaluation of the Great Plains Conservation Program

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  • Kasal, James
  • Back, W. B.

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About 76 percent of total Federal expenditures in cost-sharing under the Great Plains Conservation Program during 1958-66 was in support of eight practices; namely, (1) conversion of cropland to grass (14.6 percent), (2) controlling competitive shrubs on rangeland (12.0 percent), (3) constructing or improving ponds (10.4 percent), (4) constructing terraces (10.4 percent) , (5) reseeding rangeland (9.2 percent), (6) constructing wells (7.6 percent), (7) reorganizing irrigation systems (6.4 percent), and (8) leveling land for irrigation (5.3 percent). The remaining 24 percent of Federal expenditures was scattered among 16 other practices. Frequency of participation in the program was highest for operators of the larger farms who were full owners and had the higher income and educational levels. The community effects of the program amounted to less than 1 percent of community personal income.

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  • Kasal, James & Back, W. B., 1970. "An Economic Evaluation of the Great Plains Conservation Program," Miscellaneous Publications 322785, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:322785
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.322785
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    1. Easter, K. William & Cotner, Melvin L., 1981. "Evaluation Of Current Soil Conservation Strategies," Staff Papers 13359, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    2. National Resource Economics Division, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, 1979. "Natural Resource Capital in U.S. Agriculture: Irrigation, Drainage and Conservation Investments Since 1900," Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports 329202, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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