Talk:Conservation Reserve Program
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It doesn't seem healthy to state that blip about non-farmers and urbanites finding the program controversial (at least not without expounding) -- suggesting it is just "a way for farmers/big ag to get federal dollars without having to plant anything".
Indeed, it is the landowners responsibility to seed the land with appropriate plant and grass seed, at market costs. It is also the landowners responsibility to maintain the land according to standards. It is not a free ride.
Additionally, many of the same said 'non-farmers' and 'urbanites' represent a certain duplicity... sharing the same environmental and land/wildlife preservation goals that programs like this make possible; and providing opportunities for sportsman by increasing and improving hunting land.
I've begun to collect resources on land programs and conservation... here are some of my bookmarks:
