Resource and Environmental Effects of U.S. Agriculture

by Pierre R. Crosson, Sterling Brubaker

Overview

Originally published in 1982, this report explores long-term trends in demand for U.S. agricultural production, energy prices and agricultural technologies and their effect on natural resources such as land and water in the United States. Crosson and Brubaker also discuss possible policy modifications in order to lessen the environmental impacts expected to emerge from these trends. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138961401
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/03/2017
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pierre R. Crosson, Sterling Brubaker

Table of Contents

Preface: Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction 2. Projections of Production of Grains, Soybeans, and Cotton in the United States 3. Factors Affecting Farmers’ Choices among Technologies: Prices of Inputs 4. Trends in Productivity and Crop Yields in the United States 5. The Demand for and Supply of Cropland Introduction 6. Projections of Fertilizers and Pesticides 7. Environmental Impacts of Projected Production and Resource Use 8. Policy Considerations; Appendixes to Chapter 2: Deprivation of Projections Production; Appendix A to Chapter 4: Analysis of Trends in Crop Yields; Appendix B to Chapter 4: Trends in Total Agricultural Productivity; Appendix to Chapter 5: Material Relating to the Demand for and supply of Cropland; Index