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Posted by dhermesc on September 10, 2003 at 15:05:58 from (65.141.163.141):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Do you make money farming crops? (need posted by paul on September 10, 2003 at 14:40:54:
Conservation Reserve Program "The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides technical and financial assistance to eligible farmers and ranchers to address soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost-effective manner. The program provides assistance to farmers and ranchers in complying with Federal, State, and tribal environmental laws, and encourages environmental enhancement. The program is funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). CRP is administered by the Farm Service Agency, with NRCS providing technical land eligibility determinations, Environmental Benefit Index Scoring, and conservation planning. The Conservation Reserve Program reduces soil erosion, protects the Nation's ability to produce food and fiber, reduces sedimentation in streams and lakes, improves water quality, establishes wildlife habitat, and enhances forest and wetland resources. It encourages farmers to convert highly erodible cropland or other environmentally sensitive acreage to vegetative cover, such as tame or native grasses, wildlife plantings, trees, filterstrips, or riparian buffers. Farmers receive an annual rental payment for the term of the multi-year contract. Cost sharing is provided to establish the vegetative cover practices." Most of the people I know that are involved are retired farmers that like the steady cash flow as opposed to the headaches and book keeping involved with share cropping. The main expense is keeping the fields looking somewhat clean. Even that is minimal if you planted a prairi grass that you can burn in early spring. I remember when the program first opened my brothers made a pretty good profit combining grass seed, beat the h*ll out of the combines in some of the fields but it paid much better then any row crop.
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