Wheat board quota and property tax incentives : an investigation of landowner attitudes towards a proposed natural land conservation program / Robert D. Milani
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TextSeries: Thesis. (M.A.)Publication details: Winnipeg, MB : University of Manitoba, 1989.Abstract: Current Wheat Board quota and municipal property tax policies have been widely criticized for inadvertently promoting the conversion of marginal and sensitive natural areas to cultivation on Canada's prairie farmland.The primary objective of this study is to assess the attitudes of farm operators towards the concept of receiving combined quota and property incentives for conserving natural areas and returning marginal cropland to native cover. Fifty randomly selected landowners from each of the Rural Municipalities of Albert and Argyle in southwestern Manitoba were interviewed using a standardized attitudinal questionnaire during January - March 1986. Sixty % of the sample landowners had either drained or totally cultivated some wetlands on their property during the last ten years (1976-86). Sixty % and 25% had cleared some woodland and grassland acreage respectively. Total natural area converted was approximately 4,700 acres. Over half of the respondents who had converted natural ar
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Current Wheat Board quota and municipal property tax policies have been widely criticized for inadvertently promoting the conversion of marginal and sensitive natural areas to cultivation on Canada's prairie farmland.The primary objective of this study is to assess the attitudes of farm operators towards the concept of receiving combined quota and property incentives for conserving natural areas and returning marginal cropland to native cover. Fifty randomly selected landowners from each of the Rural Municipalities of Albert and Argyle in southwestern Manitoba were interviewed using a standardized attitudinal questionnaire during January - March 1986. Sixty % of the sample landowners had either drained or totally cultivated some wetlands on their property during the last ten years (1976-86). Sixty % and 25% had cleared some woodland and grassland acreage respectively. Total natural area converted was approximately 4,700 acres. Over half of the respondents who had converted natural ar