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USDA OKs 2.8M acres for Conservation Reserve Program, short of Biden goal

08/23/21 3:36 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS 2018 Farm Bill climate policy conservation programs Conservation Reserve Program CRP Farm Service Agency FSA John Boozman Senate Agriculture Committee Tom Vilsack Zach Ducheneaux
The Agriculture Department is accepting 2.8 million acres into the land-idling Conservation Reserve Program, well under the 4 million acres the Biden administration was aiming for as part of its effort to use farmers to help reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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