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Filter Strip Economic Templates |
Extension Program in Environmental and Resource Economics
Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Brent Sohngen
322 Agricultural Administration Building
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-688-4640
Email: Sohngen.1@osu.edu
Introduction
This page provides links to downloadable spreadsheet templates for individuals interested in understanding the economics of alternative vegetative filter strips. The spreadsheets can be used to estimate the economic costs and benefits of installing alternative types of filter strips on agricultural land. They may be useful to a wide range of individuals.
The spreadsheets have been developed by Ohio State University Extension and the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. They are intended for public use. Questions should be directed to the individuals mentioned below.
Potential Users:
- Federal, State or Local Natural Resource Management Agency personnel
- Watershed group members
- Landowners, including farmers, forestry professionals, and others
- Individuals interested in cost-share programs such as CRP, WRP, CREP.
Options Available:
(1) Grass and Legume
(2) Hay
(3) Low Management Timber
(4) High Management Timber
Instructions for Using:
Specific directions for using the templates are provided in PDF format. You will need a PDF reader in order to access the instructions.
The Spreadsheet templates are in Excel Version 7.0. Templates in earlier versions of Excel are available upon request.
Questions:
If you should have any questions about these templates, please contact Brent Sohngen (614-688-4640).
NOTE: The current spreadsheets are dated May, 1999. These are the second version of these templates. We have made every attempt to provide factual and up-to-date information, but if you should find any problems with these, please be sure to contact Sohngen.
Options
A grass and legume option is explored here, where the land along a stream or ditch is taken completely out of production and converted by a mixture of grass and legume. however, grass filter strips do not provide provide future benefits.
A hay option is explored here, where the land along a stream or ditch is taken completely out of production and converted by hay. Hay harvests occur to provide future benefits for landowners.
A high management timber option is explored here, where the land along a stream or ditch is taken completely out of production and converted to timber. Timber harvests occur to provide future benefits. The timber management scheme assumes that landowners thin and prune stands to produce high value veneer at the end of the growing period.
A low management timber option is explored here, where the land along a stream or ditch is taken completely out of production and converted to timber. Timber harvests occur to provide future benefits.The low management timber option assumes that trees are planted but no managed.
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