Groups want more USDA attention on water quality, wildlife

A rare coalition of grain processors, conservationists and clean-water groups asked the Agriculture Department to dedicate one-third of the Conservation Reserve to buffer strips, windbreaks and other practices that protect water quality and wildlife habitat. The 2014 farm law set an enrollment cap of 24 million acres for the Conservation Reserve, which pays landowners an… » Read More

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