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Rick Cruse - Corn/soy systems
1. Co$t of $oil Ero$ion
Rick Cruse
Scott Lee
Tim Sklenar
Iowa State University
The True Cost of American Food
14-17th April 2016
Fort Mason Center – San Francisco
6. What does it cost? We know who will pay.
Global Food Security
7. 1Bakker, M. M., Govers, G. and Rounsevell, M. D. A. 2004. The Crop Productivity-erosion
Relationship: An Analysis Based on Experimental Work. Catena, 57: 55–76
What is the relationship between soil
loss and crop yield?
• …yield reductions of approximately 4% per 10
cm (4 inches) of soil loss should be considered
realistic.1
• Where nutrient deficits are avoided by
fertilization, response curves are generally
convex, implying that reductions will become
increasingly severe with further erosion. 1
8. y = 26.676ln(x) + 69.797
R² = 0.5705
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DRY Corn Yield vs A horizon depth
Boone County. Tom Kaspar, USDA/ARS personal communication.
12. y = 26.676ln(x) + 69.797
R² = 0.5705
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13. Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
• Average 2.2 bu/A yield loss/inch of topsoil
• Using Iowa average corn yield 2006-2015
▫ 170 bu/A 5% reduction per 4 inches (10 cm)
• Assume $4.00/Bu corn
• 5.7 tons soil loss/A cost producer next year
$0.35/A
14. Nutrient Redistribution and Loss
• Nutrient value in eroded topsoil
▫ 5.7 Tons/A
Mostly redistributed in field
Sediment Delivery Ratio = 0.35
(5.7 Tons/A) X = 2 Tons/A
(2 Tons/A) X ($2.10/Ton1) = $4.20
1Iowa Learning Farms. 2013. Cost of soil erosion. http://www.extension.iastate.edu
/ilf/sites/www.extension.iastate.edu/files/ilf/Cost_of_Eroded_Soil.pdf
18. Off Site Costs???
• $12 - $38 / Acre US cropland1
1Tegtmeier, Erin M; Duffy, Michael, External Costs of Agricultural Production
in the United States, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Vol. 2 no. 1 (2004): 1-20.
19. Between 2005 and 2014, U.S. taxpayers spent $3 billion in
Iowa through five USDA programs to pay landowners to
farm in more environmentally friendly ways.1
• Approximately $125/A for 24 million row crop
acres
• Approximately $12.50/A/Yr
1Rundquist, Soren and Craig Cox. 2016. Fooling ourselves: voluntary programs
fail to clean-up dirty water. Environmental Working Group. Washington DC.
20. Farm Costs ~ $ 4.55/A/YR
Off Site Damage ~ $25.00/A/YR
Public Investment ~ $12.50/A/YR
$40+/A/YR
Summary
21. Global Food $ecurity?????
“We’ve had the farm program since the mid-1930s,
and we do have to overproduce to help feed the world.
But we have to take care of this land. If we really have
to feed 9 billion people by 2050, we’re really going to
need this soil.”1 Seth Watkins – farmer Clarinda, IA.
Kezar, Mitch. 2016. There’s no magic bullet to stop erosion.
Commonsense practices help. Successful Farming. Available on line.
http://www.agriculture.com/content/real-world-conservation
22. Conclusions
• Industrial Ag - Soil conservation more expensive
than soil erosion for the farmer
▫ Soil conservation is added expense
Unless farmer owns the land for extended time and
erosion rates are high
• Erosion cost to public is greater than cost to the
farmer
Notes de l'éditeur
10 cm erosion starting at 15 inches or 37.5 cm results in 400 kg/ha with yield of 8,946 kg/ha at 15 inches (37.5 cm) top soil depth. Is 4.5 % reduction for 10 cm loss top soil depth.
Eight bushels lost with 5 inches thinning at 15 -> 10 inch depth. 12.5 cm & 504
Kg/ha. Or 40 kg/cm or 4 kg/ha/mm. Max yield ~ 170 bu/A = 10.7 tonnes/ha
10 cm erosion -> 400 kg/ha or 3.7% of max.;
Could you identify where greatest water holding capacity exists and where water for crops would be limited?
At 50 years is $4536/A total loss or >$90/A average