RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Enrollment Restrictions and Conservation Practice Adoptions by Midwestern Farmers: Survey Evidence from Iowa
JF Land Economics
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 162
OP 182
DO 10.3368/le.101.2.050924-0041R
VO 101
IS 2
A1 Wan, Xiaolan
A1 Howard, Gregory
A1 Zhang, Wendong
YR 2025
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/101/2/162.abstract
AB Using a mixed-mode survey of 424 farmer respondents in the Boone and North Raccoon River watersheds in Iowa, we examine the influence of enrollment restrictions on farmers’ preferences for conservation practices using a discrete choice experiment and a random parameters logit model. Our findings indicate prospective farmer participants favor conservation contracts with enrollment requirements on new, additional practices. Comparisons with the Environmental Quality Incentive Program reveal decreased mean willingness to accept values for cover crops, no-till, and split nitrogen application contracts—by 55%, 69%, and 52%—with enrollment restrictions, respectively. In addition, participation supply curves demonstrate higher enrollment, though this is especially true for low compensation levels.