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Nutrient Management Use at the Rural‐Urban Fringe: Does Demand for Environmental Quality Play a Role?
Author(s) -
Ribaudo Marc O.,
Johansson Robert C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00381.x
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , nutrient , environmental quality , business , natural resource economics , agricultural economics , environmental planning , geography , economics , ecology , biology , philosophy , epistemology
There are relatively few federal regulations that influence U.S. agricultural production. However, local concerns over environmental quality may influence the management practices on farms. A detailed analysis of corn farms yields insight into this relationship and its implications for the use of cropland best management practices. Our findings suggest that increased contact between working farms and suburban and exurban populations likely increase the use of nutrient management plans, a management‐intensive conservation practice. However, nutrient management practices were not found to be associated with waters listed as impaired because of nutrient pollution.