Table of Contents: Summary
Acknowledgments
List of Contributing Authors
Preface
PART 1 Land and Farm Resources
- Chapter 1 - Land Use, pp. 3-10;
(Ruben Lubowski, Marlow Vesterby and Shawn Bucholtz);
- Chapter 2 - Farm Real Estate Values; pp. 11-17
(Charles Barnard)
- Chapter 3 - Land Ownership And Farm Structure; pp. 19-26
(Robert Hoppe)
PART 2 Water and Wetland Resources
- Chapter 4 - Irrigation Resources and Water Costs, pp. 29-37;
(Noel Gollehon and William Quinby);
- Chapter 5 - Water Quality:Impacts Of Agriculture; pp. 39-47
(Marc Ribaudo And Robert Johansson)
- Chapter 6 - Wetlands Status And Trends; pp. 49-57
(LeRoy Hansen)
PART 3 Knowledge Resources and Productivity
- Chapter 7 - Crop Genetic Resources; pp. 61-70
(Kelly Day-Rubenstein And Paul Heisey)
- Chapter 8 - Agricultural Research And Development; pp. 71-77
(Margriet Caswell And Kelly Day-Rubenstein)
- Chapter 9 - Biotechnology And Agriculture; pp. 79-89
(Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo)
- Chapter 10 - Productivity And Output Growth U.S. Agriculture;
pp. 91-96
(Eldon Ball)
- Chapter 11 - Global Resources And Productivity; pp. 97-105
(Keith Wiebe)
PART 4 Agricultural Production Management
- Chapter 12 - Farm Business Management; pp. 109-116
(Jim Johnson And Mitchell Morehart
- Chapter 13 - Soil Management And Conservation; pp. 117-128
(Carmen Sandretto And James Payne)
- Chapter 14 - Pest Management Practices; pp. 129-138
(Craig Osteen And Michael Livingston)
- Chapter 15 - Nutrient Management; pp. 139-145
(Stan Daberkow And Wen Huang)
- Chapter 16 - Animal Agriculture And The Environment; pp 147-156
(Marc Ribaudo And Noel Gollehon)
- Chapter 17 - Irrigation Water Management; pp. 157-166
(Glenn Schaible And Marcel Aillery)
- Chapter 18 - Information Technology Management; pp. 167-173
(Stan Daberkow, Mitchell Morehart, And Willian McBride)
- Chapter 19 - Production Systems Management And Conservation Practices; pp. 175-182
(Willian Quinby, Linda Foreman, Janet Livezey And C.S. Kim)
- Chapter 20 - U.S. Organic Agriculture; pp. 183-191
(Catherine Greene)
PART 5 Conservation and Environmental Polices
- Chapter 21 - Conservation Policy Overview; pp. 195-202
(Roger Claassen And Marc Ribaudo)
- Chapter 22 - USDA Land Retirement Programs; pp. 203-212
(Daniel Hellerstein)
- Chapter 23 - Compliance Privisions For Soil Wetland Conservation; pp. 213-221
(Roger Claassen)
- Chapter 24 - Working-Land Conservation Programs; pp. 223-230
(Robert Johansson)
- Chapter 25 - Conservation On Private Grazing Lands; pp. 231-241
(Marcell Aillery And Dwight Gadsby)
- Chapter 26 - Farmland Protection Programs; pp. 243-251
(Cynthia Nickerson And Charles Barnard)
- Chapter 27 - Federal Laws Protecting Environmental Quality;
pp. 253-259
(Marc Ribaudo)
Appendix:- USDA Resource Surveys And Data Inventory; pp. 261-266
(Robert Dubman)
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