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On tap: First ever under-10-years CRP contracts

02/20/19 5:20 AM By Ed Maixner
KEYWORDS Alyssa Charney Conservation Reserve Program John Thune National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition NSAC Sarah Gonzalez SHIPP soil health Soil Health and Income Protection program
Congress chose the Prairie Pothole Region to try out shorter-term Conservation Reserve Program contracts, infusing the 34-year-old program with lower-cost alternatives for farmers wanting to idle their least productive cropland.
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