The Invisible Elephant: Disadoption of Conservation Practices in the United States
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2022
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Sawadgo, Wendiam
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Copyright 2022 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently reviewed trends in cover crop and conservation tillage adoption in the United States. Cover crop adoption increased by 50% (or 5.1 million acres) between 2012 and 2017, while showing substantial variability across the 50 states (Wallander et al., 2021). The use of conservation tillage, including no-till, followed varying patterns through time and across main cash crops (Claassen et al., 2018): An initial period of substantial growth in conservation tillage and no-till wheat (2004–2009) and soybeans (2002–2006) was followed by less rapid gains for wheat (2009–2017) and decline in conservation tillage and no-till soybeans (2006–2012); growth in conservation tillage and no-till use was modest in corn and cotton.
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JEL Classifications: Q15, Q28
This article is published as Sawadgo, W. and A. Plastina. 2022. "The Invisible Elephant: Disadoption of Conservation Practices in the United States" Choices. Quarter 1. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/the-invisible-elephant-disadoption-of-conservation-practices-in-the-united-states. Posted with permission.
This article is published as Sawadgo, W. and A. Plastina. 2022. "The Invisible Elephant: Disadoption of Conservation Practices in the United States" Choices. Quarter 1. Available online: https://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/submitted-articles/the-invisible-elephant-disadoption-of-conservation-practices-in-the-united-states. Posted with permission.