[USCC] Fwd: USDA Farm Conservation Programs -

[Jim McNelly]

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>*   USDA Farm Conservation Programs - On July 7, the USDA Economic 
>Research Service released a report, titled "Measuring the Success of 
>Conservation Programs," which notes that " ... Due to the influence 
>and interactions of many factors, evaluation of conservation 
>programs is a data-intensive and technically challenging process. 
>This article provides an overview of the steps necessary for 
>evaluating the success of conservation program. These steps must 
>address two questions: 1) How do different farm operators in 
>different circumstances decide what production and conservation 
>practices to implement, in the presence and absence of the 
>conservation program being evaluated, at different levels of 
>incentives provided by that program?; and 2) How do the farm 
>practices attributable to conservation program incentives affect 
>environmental quality? ..." - The report is posted at 
><http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/July06SpecialIssue/Features/Measuring.htm>http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/July06SpecialIssue/Features/Measuring.htm 
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