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Adams interjected that advances in technology made by private industry and government research would also lower the costs of agricultural production.
Irwin agreed that research brought the “biggest bang for the buck” with its $28 return for every $1 spent.
Miller added that a national policy of allowing a tax credit spread over 20 to 30 years for donation of a scenic easement would aid in preserving agricultural land. (Currently, donation of a scenic easement to the Virginia Outdoors Commission gives the landowners a tax credit that must be used over a six year period. The credit recognizes the difference between the property's value for development and its value without development rights.)
Adams suggested that possibly the Farmers Home Administration shouldn’t make loans for houses built on prime agricultural land.
The group agreed that soil erosion wasn’t a major problem in Rappahannock. Miller maintained that most farmers did a good job in controlling siltation but
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