(For the convenience of iPhone users and the like, I have trimmed some of the long string on this thread.)
What good is CRP to ecosystems if it only lasts 10 or 15 years? Is this just another way to cut landowner taxes and pay for not farming land they the owner doesn't want in production anyway? What do the taxpayers, most blissfully unaware that their tax money is going into the pockets of agribusiness and good ol' boys, get for their money? Or am I misunderstanding something? Thank you for helping to educate me and unknowable thousands of others about this program through Ecolog. WT Not sent from my iPhone. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharif Branham To: Wayne Tyson Cc: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 2:07 AM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] ENERGY Biofuels and their questionable potential Re: [ECOLOG-L] Switchgrass Conference September 2013 Wayne, The future of CRP is being debated by Congress, so we will see what happens when we get a new Farm Bill. You can get a sense of the history of CRP by looking at the statistics provided by the Farm Service Agency at the following URL: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=crp-st You can also take a look at the USDA video about 25 years of CRP https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CD4QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRR_ChWwHoAg&ei=v_PsUcTHMPa-4AOqsYGgBg&usg=AFQjCNGOP_K2otow65uXZyrABcBjxnAQ1w A CRP contract is 10-15 years long. Once the contract expires the landowner is no longer obligated to maintain the conservation practice/cover that was established through CRP. Therefore there is no authority needed, other than the rights of the landowner, in order to return the land to agriculture. Sharif Branham Sent from my iPhone On Jul 22, 2013, at 3:04 AM, "Wayne Tyson" <landr...@cox.net> wrote:
