The Environmental benefits and costs of conservation tillage

Environmental Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-125

  Uri, N D ^a   Atwood, J D ^a   Sanabria, J ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Environmental benefits; Environmental costs; Production agriculture; Universal Soil Loss Equation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WIND EROSION;

CULTIVATION;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT;

EID: 0032784620     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050407     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. BAKER D (1987) Overview of rural nonpoint pollution in the Lake Erie basin, effects of conservation tillage on groundwater quality. Lewis, Chelsea, MI
2. BALDASSARRE G, WHYTE R, QUINLAN E, BOLEN E (1983) Dynamics and quality of waste corn available to postbreeding waterfowl in Texas. Wildl Soc Bull 11:25-31
3. BARKER J, BAUMGARDNER G, TURNER D, LEE J (1996) Carbon dynamics of the conservation and wetland reserve programs. J Soil Water Conserv 51:340-346
4. BASORE N, BEST L, WOOLEY J (1986) Bird nesting in Iowa notillage and tilled cropland. J Wildl Manage 50:19-28
5. BASTA N, HUHNKE R, STIEGLER J (1997), Atrazine runoff from conservation tillage systems. J Soil Water Conserv 52:44-48
6. BECKER, H (1997) WEPP: spilling the secrets of water erosion. Agri Res 45:4-8
7. BEST L (1995) Impacts of tillage practices on wildlife habitat and populations. (Farming for a better environment) Soil Water Conserv Soc, Ankeny, IA
8. BRADY S (1985) Important soil conservation techniques that benefit wildlife. Technologies to benefit agriculture and wildlife - workshop proceedings. Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress, Washington
9. CASTRALE J (1985) Responses of wildlife to various tillage conditions. Trans North Amer Wildl Nat Res Conf 50:142-156
10. CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION (1992) Best management practices to reduce runoff of pesticides into surface water: a review and analysis of supporting research TR-9-92. Agricultural Group, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Greensboro, NC
11. CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CENTER (1996) National crop residue management survey - 1996 Survey Results. West Lafayette, IN
12. CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION CENTER (1997) Conservation tillage: a checklist for US farmers, West Lafayette, IN
13. DONIGIAN A, BARNWELL T, JACKSON R, RARTWARDHAN A, WEINRICH K, ROWELL A, CHINNASWAMY R, COLE C (1994) Assessment of alternative practices and policies affecting soil carbon in agro-ecosystems in the central United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington
14. FAWCETT R, CHRISTENSEN B, TIERNEY D (1994) The impact of conservation tillage on pesticide runoff into surface water: a review and analysis. J Soil Water Conserv 49:126-135
15. FOSTER G, DABNEY S (1995) Agricultural tillage systems: water erosion and sedimentation. Farming for a Better Environment, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA
16. FRYE W (1995) Energy use in conservation tillage. (Farming for a better environment) Soil Water Conserv Soc, Ankeny, IA
17. GILLEY J, DORAN J, KARLEN D, KASPAR T (1997) Runoff, erosion, and soil quality characteristics of a former conservation reserve program site. J Soil Water Conserv 52:189-193
18. GLOTFELTY D (1987) The effects of conservation tillage practices on pesticide volatilization and degradation. (Effects of conservation tillage on groundwater quality) Lewis, Chelsea, MI
19. HERNDON L (1987) Conservation systems and their role in sustaining america's soil, water, and related natural resources, optimum erosion control at least cost. Ameri Soc Agri Eng, St. Joseph, MI
20. HOLLAND E, COLEMAN D (1987) Litter placement effects on microbial and organic matter dynamics in an agroecosystem. Ecology 68:425-433
21. HUNT, D (1984) Farm machinery technology: performance in the past, promise for the future. In: English B. (ed). Future agricultural technology and resource conservation. Iowa State Univ Pr, Ames
22. HUNT P, KARLEN D, MATHENY T, QUISENBERRY V (1996) Changes in carbon content of a norfolk loamy sand after 14 years of conservation or conventional tillage. J Soil Water Conserv 51:255-258
23. HUZSAR P, PIPER S (1986) Estimating offsite costs of wind erosion in New Mexico. J Soil Water Conserv 41:414-416
24. KEMPER W (1995) A bottom-line assessment of advantages and disadvantages of various tillage systems. (Farming for a better environment) Soil Water Conserv Soc, Ankeny, IA
25. KERN J, JOHNSON M (1993) Conservation tillage impacts on national soil and atmospheric carbon levels. Soil Sci Soc Am J 57:200-221
26. MAGLEBY R, SANDRETTO C, CROSSWHITE W, OSBORN T (1995) Soil erosion and conservation in the United States, AIB-718. Econ Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
27. MARTIN A, ZIM H, NELSON A (1951) American wildlife and plants. McGraw-Hill, New York
28. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (1993) Soil and water quality. National Acad Pr, Washington
29. PIPER S (1990) Enrolling land in the CRP provides economic benefits when wind erosion is reduced. In: Ribaudo M, Colacicco D, Langner L, Piper S, Schaible G, Natural resources and users benefits from the conservation reserve program, AER-627. Econ Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
30. PIPER S, LEE L (1989) Estimating the offsite household damage from wind erosion in the Western United States. Staff Rep 8926 Econ Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
31. RASMUSSEN P, COLLINS H (1991) Long-term impacts of tillage, fertilizer and crop residue on soil organic matter in temperate semi-arid regions. Adv Agron 45:93-134
32. RASMUSSEN P, ALLMARAS R, RHODE C, ROAGER N (1980) Crop residue influences on soil carbon and nitrogen in a wheat-fallow system. Soil Sci Soc Am J 44:596-600
33. REICOSKY, D (1995) Impact of tillage on soil as a carbon sink. (Farming for a better environment) Soil Water Conserv Soc Am, Ankeny, IA
34. REICOSKY D, LINDSTROM M (1993) The effect of fall tillage methods on short-term carbon dioxide flux from soil. Agron J 85:1237-1243
35. REICOSKY D, KEMPER W, LANGDALE G, DOUGLAS C, RASMUSSEN P (1995) Soil organic matter changes resulting from tillage. J Soil Water Conserv 50:253-261
36. RENARD K, FOSTER G, WEESIES G, McCooL D, YODER D (1996) Predicting soil erosion by water: a guide to conservation planning with the revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE). (Agriculture Handbook 703) US Department of Agriculture, Washington
37. RIBAUDO M (1989) Water quality benefits from the conservation reserve program AER-606. Econ Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
38. RIBAUDO M, HELLERSTEIN D (1992) Estimating water quality benefits: theoretical and methodological issues TB-1808. Econ Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
39. RIBAUDO M, COLACICCO D, LANGNER L, PIPER S, SCHAIBLE G (1990) Natural resources and users benefit from the conservation reserve program AER-627. Econ Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
40. RICHARDS R, BAKER D (1998) Twenty years of change: the lake Erie agricultural systems for environmental change (LEASEQ) Project. Water Quality Laboratory, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH
41. RODGERS R, WOOLEY J (1983) Conservation tillage impacts on wildlife. J Soil Water Conserv 38:212-213
42. SCHEPERS J (1987) Effects of conservation tillage on processes affecting nitrogen management. In: Langdale G (ed) Effects of conservation tillage on groundwater quality. Lewis, Chelsea, MI
43. SKIDMORE E, WOODRUFF N (1980) Wind erosion forces in the United States and their use in predicting soil loss. (US Department of Agriculture Handbook 346) Agri Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
44. SMITH E, ENGLISH B (1982) Determining wind erosion in the great plains, card paper 82-3. Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames
45. STROHBEHN R (1986) An economic analysis of USDA erosion control programs: a new perspective AER-560. Econ Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
46. TATE R (1987) Soil organic matter: biological and ecological effects. J Wiley, New York
47. US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (1994) The 1992 national resource inventory, published data. Washington
48. US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (1997) Residue management, conservation practice standards. Washington
49. US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE (1992) Instructions for collecting 1992 national resources inventory sample data. Washington
50. US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (1993) National survey of fishing, hunting, and wildlife-associated recreation - 1991. Washington
51. US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, OFFICE OF WATER (1995) National water quality inventory - 1994 report to congress. Washington
52. URI N, DAY K (1992) Energy efficiency, technological change and the dieselization of agriculture in the United States. Transp Plann Technol 16:221-231
53. URI N, HYBERG B (1990) Stream sediment loading and rainfall -a look at the issue. Water Air Soil Poll 51:95-104
54. WADDINGTON D, BOYLE K, COOPER J (1994) 1991 net economic values for bass and trout fishing, deer hunting, and wildlife watching. US Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington
55. WARBURTON D, KLIMSTRA K (1984) Wildlife use of no-till and conventionally tilled corn fields. J Soil Water Conserv 39:327-330
56. WISCHMEIER W, SMITH D (1978) Predicting rainfall erosion losses. (Agriculture Handbook 537) Agri Res Serv, US Department of Agriculture, Washington
57. WITTMUSS H (1987) Erosion control incorporating conservation tillage, crop rotation and structural practices. In: Optimum erosion control at least cost. Amer Soc Agric Eng, St. Joseph, MI
58. YODER D, LOWN J (1995) The future of RUSLE: inside the new revised universal soil loss equation. J Soil Water Conserv 50:484-489
59. YOUNG R (1984) Response of small mammals to no-till agriculture in southwestern Iowa. (M.S. Thesis) Iowa State University, Ames
60. YOUNG R, CLARK W (1983) Rodent populations and crop damage in minimum tillage cornfields. Paper presented to the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, St. Louis, MO
61. ZISON S, HAVEN K, MILLS W (1977) Water quality assessment: a screening method for nondesignated 208 areas. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA
62. ZOBECK T, ROLONG N, FRYREAR D, BILBRO J, ALLEN B (1995) Properties of recently tilled sod, 70-year cultivated soil. J Soil Water Conserv 50:210-215