Posted by MarkB_MI on October 10, 2012 at 17:14:11 from (75.219.98.130):
In Reply to: CRP posted by Fullers Farmalls on October 10, 2012 at 10:46:34:
I have participated in CRP, having inherited land that my mother put into the program. This is the last year for our lease. We've sold the land and the new owner is putting it back into production.
CRP was and is primarily a price support program, with conservation a secondary goal. The idea is that if you're going to take land out of production, it makes sense to take out the least productive land, ground that maybe should never have been tilled in the first place. As the federal budget gets tighter and commodity prices rise, it's inevitable that land will be taken out of CRP.
For those who call it "farm welfare", I won't disagree. The same can be said for the rest of the farm program, although some parts are more egregious than others. The only thing I will say in defense of CRP is that like all other government programs it is intended to achieve certain goals and may not necessarily be the most efficient way of doing it. It certainly has reduced crop production and I think it's fair to say it has had a positive effect on soil erosion. Whether those benefits outweigh the cost of the program is for others to decide.
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