Respond to Ukraine invasion with emergency crops on Conservation Reserve, says economist

If the Biden administration wants to boost U.S. grain production in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it should open the 22-million-acre Conservation Reserve for crop production this year, said University of Illinois economist Scott Irwin on Wednesday. Grain prices have soared, with wheat hitting a 14-year high, on the possibility of Ukraine and… » Read More

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