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total soil erosion on agricultural land dropped from 3.1 billion tons annually in 1982 to around 2.1 billion tons in 1992.
“This report shows that voluntary conservation programs do work, and that mandatory ‘command and control’ programs are unnecessary,” said C. Wayne Ashworth, president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.
“The news is particularly timely in that we’re beginning to discuss the 1995 Farm BUI, and some activist groups are already calling for mandatory pollution controls.”
The inventory’s wetlands report also contained good news, Porterfield said. Between 1982 and 1992, agricultural activities led to an average annual loss of 50,000 acres
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