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Changes in Corn Belt Husbandry and Types of Problems Involved

University of Minnesota

Abstract

We are addressing ourselves to a proposed agricultural program which it is hoped can be worked out and applied in every region in the United States. It is a program involving the conservation of the soil, the prevention of soil erosion, the adoption of good farm management or efficient production and the recognition of the need for adequate farm income.

This is an ambitious program. It is sound from the standpoint of conserving the nation's greatest asset, the producing power of the land. To the best of my knowledge it is the first country-wide organized attempt to build a program having for one of its primary objectives, the prevention of soil depletion. Any such program will involve many changes in agricultural practices, doubtless more than all of us can foresee. There would be numerous changes, if any given region were to stand alone and independent of other regions. But what occurs in one region will have a bearing on what will take place in other regions. Realizing all this and in addition that our agriculture is influenced by many conditions that are never static, we are forced to recognize the great complexity of the task we face.