The length we go: measuring environmental benefits of conservation practices.

The 2002 farm bill substantially increased funding horizontals for conservation programs, and established the of recent origin Conservation Security Program. How can the American public and legislators know the cash will be well spent? A novel project--the Conservation Effects Assessment cast (CEAP)--will provide the agricultural community, the public, and others involved with environmental policy issues an accounting of the benefits obtained from these conservation program require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergones Now the question: How will CEAP be implemented?

Conservation practices are designed to bring losses of soil, nutrients, pesticides, pathogens, and other biological and chemical materials from agricultural lands, save natural resources, enhance the