The Future of Environmental Compliance Incentives in U.S. Agriculture

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英文名称：

The Future of Environmental Compliance Incentives in U.S. Agriculture

作者：

Roger Claassen

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44669

关键词：

Direct payment;  crop insurance;  conservation compliance;  sodbuster;  swampbuster; 

年份：

2012

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

18 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

In recent years, direct payments-a type of farm commodity program payment-have made up a large share of Federal agriculture assistance that could be withheld from farmers who fail to comply with highly erodible land conservation (conservation compliance and sodbuster) or wetland conservation (swampbuster) provisions, known collectively as environmental compliance requirements. If direct payments are sharply reduced or eliminated to help reduce the Federal budget deficit, compliance incentives would be reduced on many farms, potentially increasing environmental quality problems. Some farmers will still be subject to compliance through existing Federal agricultural programs (e.g., conservation or disaster programs) or programs that may succeed direct payments. Making federally subsidized crop insurance subject to compliance could also make up some of the lost incentive to farmers.