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Design Versus Performance Standards to Reduce Nitrogen Runoff: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Dairy Farms

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States in the Chesapeake Bay drainage area have a goal of reducing nitrogen and phosphorus, which flow into the Bay, by 40 percent by the year 2000. Voluntary cost-share programs and education have helped farmers reduce loadings from agriculture. Nutrient reduction targets, however, are still not being met. Further reductions could be achieved through regulatory design standards.

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Carpentier, C.L., Bosch, D.J. (1999). Design Versus Performance Standards to Reduce Nitrogen Runoff: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Dairy Farms. In: Casey, F., Schmitz, A., Swinton, S., Zilberman, D. (eds) Flexible Incentives for the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in Agriculture. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4395-0_18

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