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Conservation Programs: Will Grain Production Reclaim Acres in the South?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Daniel R. Petrolia  and
Gregory A. Ibendahl
Daniel R. Petrolia*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
Gregory A. Ibendahl
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
*
Corresponding author
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Abstract

A state-level analysis of the Re-enrollment and Extension (REX) program on southern states indicates a positive relationship between percentage of tree acreage and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) re-enrollment for states in which conservation acreage is dominated by trees. However, the relationship depends on crop mix where CRP acreage is dominated by grass. County-level analysis suggests that states will differ in how quickly they opt out of CRP. Of the states examined, Arkansas is the most likely to move land to corn, with Mississippi the least likely. Arkansas and Kentucky will switch to soybean first, followed by Mississippi and Georgia.

Keywords

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)cornland use changeRe-enrollment and Extension Program (REX)soybeanQ15Q18Q21Q24
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , August 2008 , pp. 559 - 572
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2008

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