The cost-effectiveness of ALUS was recently explored by leading agricultural economists Edward and Allen Tyrchniewicz. The authors concluded that ALUS would cost in the order of $740 million per year to fully implement across Canada and would deliver approximately $820 million per annum of potential benefits to society, plus generate additional benefits of at least $61 million per year in avoided costs.
ALUS pilot projects in Manitoba and Ontario have indicated an unprecedented interest by producers in participating in a farmer-developed and community-delivered conservation concept. Lessons learned in Ontario and Manitoba show ALUS is broadly supported as an environmental solution by producers and that farmers in rural communities do have the knowledge and commitment to deliver a fully accountable landscape conservation program.