The effects of government payments on cropland acreage, conservation reserve program enrollment, and grassland conversion in the Dakotas

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 412-418

  Feng, Hongli ^a   Hennessy, David A ^a   Miao, Ruiqing ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; PUBLIC SPENDING; VEGETATION;

NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872691866     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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