State and Local Regulations for Reducing Agricultural Erosion and Ecological Planning for Farmland Preservation

Authors

Charles Deknatel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

1987

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly 7:1 (Winter 1987). Copyright © 1987 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

The authority to plan and regulate land use in the U.S. belongs to the states and is largely delegated to local governments. Agricultural policy is defined at the national level. These reports introduce planners to two major conservation problems in agriculture-soil erosion and conversion of farmland to other uses. Both documents offer guidance, methods and strategies aimed primarily at local and state action. Neither report offers conclusive analysis nor addresses the national and international market influences on agriculture policy.