Theses and Dissertations
Quantifying the economic impact of conservation policy changes utilizing precision agriculture tools
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
McConnell, Mark D.
Committee Member
Li, Xiaofei
Committee Member
Sweikert, Lily
Date of Degree
5-13-2022
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Forest Resources
Department
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Abstract
The United States Farm Bill is a multi-billion-dollar federal legislation reenacted every five years to provide funding towards crop protection, nutrition, environmental protection, and other important focuses. The largest conservation program within the Farm Bill is the Conservation Reserve Program, which encompasses many conservation practices such as CP-33: habitat buffers for upland birds. Conservation implementation through the Farm Bill relies on voluntary producer enrollment in exchange for a rental fee to not farm enrolled land for a set time. I used yield data collected across six years from 36 agricultural fields in Humphreys and Holmes counties, Mississippi, USA, and a range of commodity prices to compare the change in economic and environmental opportunities available through economically targeted conservation enrollment between the 2014 Farm Bill and the 2018 Farm Bill. I found the 2014 Farm Bill was consistently higher in economic revenue and conservation opportunity compared to the 2018 Farm Bill
Recommended Citation
Watkins, Kyle Stanley, "Quantifying the economic impact of conservation policy changes utilizing precision agriculture tools" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 5431.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/5431