Information from the USDA's 1978 Resource Economics Survey is used to test the hypothesis that crop--share leasing, when compared to cash leasing, promotes improves conservation management in crop production. Results are discussed in light of public policies to promote soil erosion control on...

Policy issues surrounding Federal programs for land retirement as a means of curtailing soil erosion are discussed in this paper. The analysis is structured around productivity differentials observed for New York cropland rated as highly erosive, moderately erosive, or nonerosive.