Cattaneo, Andrea; Claassen, Roger; Johansson, Robert C.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005
From 1985 to 2002, most Federal conservation dollars going to farm operators have been to retire land from crop production. Yet most U.S. farmland (850 million acres) remains in active production. The Farm Security and Rural Investment (FSRI) Act of 2002 sharply increased conservation funding...