Erosion control can become a very economically involved process. With
BMPs there may be no significant short-term economic returns to the
individual farmer, but one must consider the broader view of the future
welfare of the nation. Some techniques and structures are very expensive
and may never pay for themselves entirely unless environmental benefits are
considered. These practices are still vital to agriculture, however, and
such practices as cost sharing through the USDA
provides a major incentive for farmers to install these needed
control measures.
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