Farmer Participation in the Hall County ACP (Agricultural Conservation Program) Special Water Quality Project, Nebraska, 1980

摘要

A sample of 103 farm operators in the Hall County Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP) Special Water Quality Project area in Nebraska was interviewed to determine perceptions of water quality problems and awareness of the ACP Special Water Quality Project. Two-thirds of the farm operators indicated that high nitrate concentrations in the groundwater was a problem. While three operators in the four indicated a need to reduce the leaching of nitrates, only half of the sample agreed that irrigation contributed to the problem. Over 70 percent of the operators used nitrate management practices and 81 percent followed recommended nitrogen fertilizer application rates.