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When making its case to Congress and other audiences the Conservation Technical Assistance program of USDAIS Soil Conservation Service, which is the federal government's most extensive and expensive soil conservation program, based its argument on data about its clients. Missing have been comparisons between clients and nonclients that address the issue of whether clients might not have exhibited just as good conservation behavior without the program. Using multiple regression analysis that relates the diversity of conservation practices used to farm operators' receipt lnonreceipt of technical assistance, and controlling for relevant other variables, this study found statistically and substantively significant program effects in each of six diverse survey sites.

Conservation Technical Assistance program of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; based on conference paper. Based on 1982 data from both recipients and nonrecipients of the program at six diverse sites.

AbstractAgricultural conservation easements have positive externalities but few studies examine the supply‐side. This paper explores whether easements may also overcome a credit‐market failure, as banks may not be lending based on the full developed value of land. Original survey data test our research hypotheses and show profitable owners and nonoperators to be using easement payments to extract capital from their land by using the preservation programs as a bank. The results also show that the unprofitable owners and operators are reinvesting in their agricultural enterprises. Both results are consistent with an underlying credit‐market failure, and the latter suggests that easements may provide indirect efficiency enhancement. The results suggest an integration of policies on agricultural finance and land preservation might lead to improved efficiency.

Item 13-H-1 ; S/N 041-011-00067-9 ; "A report to the National Agricultural Lands Study from the Regional Science Research Institute." ; On cover: National Agricultural Lands Study, the protection of farmlands, a reference guidebook for state and local governments. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.