Absentee landowners influence the adoption of soil erosion control practices in three possible ways. These include overt rejection of efforts to carry out erosion control, abandonment of erosion control on the land being leased, and the “convenient excuse” influence. Data from three surveys on the relationship between farm operators and absentee landlords provide little support for either of the first two types of influence. Neither did the data prove or disprove the third type of influence. However, by casting doubt on the first two types of influence, the “convenient excuse” remains the most viable influence if such an influence exists at all.
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