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[CITE: 16USC3472]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                    CHAPTER 54--RESOURCE CONSERVATION
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3472. Conservation tillage; Congressional findings, etc.

    (a) Congress finds that--
        (1) domestic and international demand for agricultural products 
    from the United States is great and is expected to significantly 
    increase over the next twenty years;
        (2) the ability of the United States to provide agricultural 
    products to meet that demand is seriously impaired by the annual 
    loss of five billion tons of soil due to wind and water erosion;
        (3) the battle against soil erosion is being lost despite the 
    annual expenditure of millions of dollars by the Federal Government 
    on research, technical assistance, and conservation incentives to 
    control soil erosion;
        (4) conservation tillage practices are estimated to reduce soil 
    erosion by 50 to 90 per centum over conventional farming practices; 
    and
        (5) conservation tillage may result in better yields, greater 
    land use flexibility, decreased fuel use, decreased labor and 
    equipment costs, increased retention of soil moisture, and more 
    productive land than conventional farming practices and may be 
    adaptable to a broad range of soil types and slopes throughout the 
    country.

    (b) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture 
should, and is hereby urged and requested to--
        (1) direct the attention of our Nation's farmers to the costs 
    and benefits of conservation tillage as a means of controlling soil 
    erosion and improving profitability; and
        (2) conduct a program of research designed to resolve any 
    unanswered questions regarding the advantages and disadvantages of 
    conservation tillage over other soil conservation practices.

(Pub. L. 97-98, title XV, Sec. 1553, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1345.)
