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Conservation Reserve Program: Alternatives Are Available for Managing Environmentally Sensitive Cropland

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 21, 1995
Report No. RCED-95-42
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Summary:

If not properly managed, agricultural production on the nation's 382 million acres of cropland can harm water and air quality, soil productivity, and wildlife habitat. Congress created the Conservation Reserve Program in 1985 to temporarily remove highly erodible surplus cropland from production. The Agriculture Department has agreed to pay farmers nearly $20 billion to take more than 36 million acres out of production for 10 years. These contracts begin to expire in 1995, with the contracts for most of the acres--22 million--expiring in 1996 and 1997. This report estimates the amount and the locations of land covered by the program and other environmentally sensitive cropland that should be removed from production for environmental reasons and discusses alternatives for managing this land. GAO also presents information on Conservation Reserve Program land and other environmentally sensitive cropland that can remain in production.

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