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Use And Cost Of Soil Conservation And Water Quality Practices In The Southeast

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  • Russell, Jesse R.
  • Christensen, Lee A.

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The most frequently used conservation practices in the Southeast are terracing, sod waterways, permanent vegetative cover crops, and conservation tillage. Costs of terracing per acre ranged from $125 in Kentucky to $17 in South Carolina. Sod waterway costs ranged from $1,854 in Kentucky to $858 in Tennessee. Permanent vegetative cover costs ranged from a high of $121 in South Carolina to a low of $73 in North Carolina. Conservation tillage costs ranged from a high of $48 per acre in Florida to a low of $9 in Tennessee.

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  • Russell, Jesse R. & Christensen, Lee A., 1984. "Use And Cost Of Soil Conservation And Water Quality Practices In The Southeast," Staff Reports 276790, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:276790
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276790
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