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Impacts of Incorporating Land Exchanges Between Forestry and Agriculture in Sector Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Ralph J. Alig ,
Darius M. Adams  and
Bruce A. McCarl
Ralph J. Alig
Affiliation:
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon
Darius M. Adams
Affiliation:
College of Forestry, Oregon State University
Bruce A. McCarl
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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Abstract

The forest and agriculture sectors are linked by having a portion of their land bases suitable for use in either sector. A substantial part of the southern land base is suitable for either forestry or agriculture use, with most of forestation on U.S. agriculture land in the South. We examine how land exchanges between forestry and agriculture are influenced by specific federal conservation and farm support policies, including changes in the Conservation Reserve Program. Reallocation of land is a significant part of the sectors' responses to the policies, along with intensification of timber management on existing southern forests.

Keywords

agricultureconservationforest sectorland useprojections
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , December 1998 , pp. 389 - 401
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1998

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