[mou] CRP-grassland bird article in StarTribune
Donald Mitchell
dmitchell@pressenter.com
Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:06:26 -0600
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For those who missed it, there was an interesting article in yesterday's
Star Tribune about the benefits and future of the Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP), which pays farmers to take marginal land out of corn and
soybean production and put it into perennial cover-1.76 million acres in =
MN,
according to the article. The program reduces soil erosion, improves =
water
quality, and provides habitat for declining grassland bird species. =
There
is worry that the program may be cut or altered in the next Farm Bill: =20
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http://www.startribune.com/562/story/792182.html=20
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Donald Mitchell
Red Wing MN
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>For those who missed it, there was an interesting =
article in
yesterday’s Star Tribune about the benefits and future of the =
Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP), which pays farmers to take marginal land out of =
corn and
soybean production and put it into perennial cover—1.76 million =
acres in
MN, according to the article. The program reduces soil erosion, =
improves
water quality, and provides habitat for declining grassland bird =
species.
There is worry that the program may be cut or altered in the next Farm =
Bill:
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