ECONOMIC ANALYSES  

Summit for Finding Common Ground in Controlling Agricultural Nonpoint Sources of Nutrients

THE SUMMIT

Purpose

Accepted Principles

Central Questions

Participants

Logistics

Reports

EUTROPHICATION

What is it?

U.S. Assessments

International Efforts

Management Programs

AGRICULTURAL SOURCES

Relative Importance

Fertilizers

Animal Wastes

Soil Mineralization

Management Practices

Cover Crops

POLICIES

Economic Analyses

Clean Water Act

State Statutes

Pending Legislation

Publications of USDA's Economic Research Service relevant to nutrient management and agricultural land preservation: 

• Agricultural Resource and Environmental Indicators, 2000, Nutrient Management 

• Economics of Water Quality Protection from NonpointSources: Theory and Practice 

• Confined Animal Production and Manure Nutrients 

• Development at the Urban Fringe and Beyond: Impacts on Agriculture and Rural Land 

Useful ERS databases include: 

• Major Uses of Land in the United States, 1997 

• Confined Animal Manure Nutrient Data System 

Last updated September 17, 2001