The role of soil test information in reducing groundwater pollution

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-38

  Fleming, Ronald A ^a   Adams, Richard M ^b   Ervin, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Henry A Wallace Inst A   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Economic impacts; Groundwater; Hydrology; Nitrate; Nitrogen fertilizer; Soil test; Water policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032376532     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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