Senators want farm bill emphasis on green payments, not land retirement

President Trump called for elimination of the USDA’s green-payment program for working lands conservation in his budget. Now four members of the Senate Agriculture Committee are taking the opposite approach. They would keep the program, the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), in operation and reform other USDA conservation programs to keep high-quality farmland in production. Lawmakers will… » Read More

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