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Agriculture and Water Quality

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  • Crowder, Bradley M.
  • Ribaudo, Marc O.
  • Young, C. Edwin

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Agriculture generates byproducts that may contribute to the contamination of our Nation's water supply. Any effective regulations to ban or restrict agricultural chemical or land use practices in order to improve water quality will affect the farm economy. Some farmers will benefit; some will not. Most agricultural pollutants reach surface waterways in runoff; some leach through soil into ground water. Because surface water systems and ground water systems are interrelated, farm management practices need to focus on water quality in both systems. Modifying farm management practices may raise production costs in some areas. Farmers can reduce runoff losses by reducing input use, implementing soil conservation practices, and changing land use. Also at issue is who should pay for improving water quality: farmers, governments, consumers, or those who benefit from improved water quality.

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  • Crowder, Bradley M. & Ribaudo, Marc O. & Young, C. Edwin, 1988. "Agriculture and Water Quality," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309475, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309475
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309475
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    1. Crutchfield, Steve & Hansen, LeRoy & Ribaudo, Marc, 1993. "Agricultural and Water-Quality Conflicts: Economic Dimensions of the Problem," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309691, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Reichelderfer, Katherine H., 1989. "Water quality legislation affecting agriculture," Agricultural Outlook Forum Archive 1923 - 1997 326615, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum.

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