ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES IN THE 1995 FARM BILL DEBATE: THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

The future of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will be a pivotal issue in the 1995 farm bill debate. Established under the Food Security Act of 1985, the original objectives of the CRP were to provide a voluntary form of supply control and to reduce soil erosion by retiring highly erodible land on a long-term basis. The latter objective was expanded in 1990 to include retirement of lands for the purpose of protecting water quality.

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Year of publication:	1994
Authors:	Batie, Sandra S. ; Schweikhardt, David B.
Institutions:	Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
Subject:	Agricultural and Food Policy \| Land Economics/Use

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Series:	Staff Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Department of Agricultural Economics>Staff Paper Series Number 11631
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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