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Agribusiness groups, Farm Bureau urge use of CRP lands for grain
Posted on 3/25/22 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 3/25/22 at 9:42 pm
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The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm by H. Claire Brown 04.22.2021
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Key agribusiness groups and the American Farm Bureau Federation on Wednesday urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to allow holders of contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program, which idles land, to plant crops on those lands to increase supply during the Ukraine war and to make sure that only “environmentally sensitive” land is enrolled following the CRP signup that ended on March 11. The letter was signed by the American Bakers Association, Agricultural Retailers Association, National Oilseed Processors Association, North American Millers’ Association, and the North American Export Grain Association as well as Farm Bureau. “We urge USDA to provide flexibility to producers to plant crops on prime farmland as well as the least environmentally sensitive acres currently in the program without penalty, whether on an emergency basis or through an early-out of their current CRP contracts,” the letter said.
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We firmly believe that prime farmland acres should be accessible to working lands programs, including Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Security Program, that provide proven environmental benefits while continuing to produce abundant crops to the benefit of both U.S. and global consumers.”
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The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm by H. Claire Brown 04.22.2021
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The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would expand a program that pays farmers to leave land fallow, part of a broader, government-wide effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. The new initiative will incentivize farmers to take land out of production by raising rental rates and incentive payments. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was created in 1985 to incentivize landowners to leave some of their marginal land unplanted, a plan meant to protect the environment by reducing agricultural runoff into streams and rivers, preserving wildlife habitats, and preventing erosion.
Today, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) “rents” about 21 million acres of farmland from landowners, typically for 10 years at a time—a tiny fraction of the total land farmed nationwide. In recent years, the number of acres enrolled in CRP has fallen, possibly because USDA’s rental payments have not been competitive with the open market, Chuck Abbott reported for FERN News. The new announcement is a bid to incentivize farmers to enroll 4 million more acres of land in the program to total 25 million acres, the current program limit. “Sometimes the best solutions are right in front of you,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a press release.
“A huge amount of money was essentially paid and then lost when those acres go back into farming.” All told, the increased rental rates and expanded incentive payments—which pay farmers extra for growing buffer strips and promoting wildlife habitats—will increase CRP spending by about 18 percent, totaling $300 million or more in annual spending. “Overall, we think the changes are good, but also they could still be better,” said Anne Schechinger, senior economic analyst with the Environmental Working Group. CRP typically only takes land out of production for 10 years at a time, and many farmers opt not to renew after a decade—many of the environmental benefits are erased as soon as the soil is plowed under and crops are replanted.
Schechinger published a report that found almost 16 million acres were taken out of the reserve between 2007 and 2014 after landowners opted not to re-rent them to USDA. The government had spent more than $7 billion to preserve those acres. “A huge amount of money was essentially paid and then lost when those acres go back into farming,” Schechinger said.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 9:46 pm to DingLeeBerry
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:52 pm to DingLeeBerry
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We firmly believe that prime farmland acres should be accessible to working lands programs, including Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Security Program, that provide proven environmental benefits while continuing to produce abundant crops to the benefit of both U.S. and global consumers.”
Damn clowns talk like they represent farmers and don't even know the name of the program. Embarassing.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 1:00 am to Bearcat90
I agree with the problem of China or any foreign adversary “owning” our land, but that only goes as far as they can defend it and occupy it, and heartland America is not a place they can control
Posted on 3/26/22 at 8:50 am to SJB901Tiger
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I agree with the problem of China or any foreign adversary “owning” our land, but that only goes as far as they can defend it and occupy it, and heartland America is not a place they can control
Same goes with Bill Gates, dude has bought a shite ton of farmland in the Midwest over the past 10 years. If shite hits the fan I’m finding some Gates or Chinese owned land and staking a homestead claim.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 8:53 am to DingLeeBerry
Where will they get fuel and fertilizer for all these extra crops?
Posted on 3/26/22 at 10:04 am to auggie
We make enough and import a little from Canada. Russia got some market share by dumping at a loss on market over the last decade.
We did have a Black Swan event with Hurricane Ida knocking out over 50% of the USA production of fertilizer for 2 months.
IMO, lots of press have no clue what they are talking about here just like everything else.
We did have a Black Swan event with Hurricane Ida knocking out over 50% of the USA production of fertilizer for 2 months.
IMO, lots of press have no clue what they are talking about here just like everything else.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 10:09 am to DingLeeBerry
I hate the CRP and WRP programs. It killed the ability of farms in the catfish industry to change hands in a downturn. Around 2005 you could buy a functioning catfish farm for under 700 dollars an acre. When they came along with WRP where they pay you 2500 an acre to put it in wetlands and you keep your land, and it has to stay in WRP permanently, it got rid of a bunch of farms that could have been used when the industry recovered. And it made land prices skyrocket. Nobody would sell a farm for less than 2500 dollars an acre. So the amount of potential small farm buyers dwindled to almost nothing
It was healthier when you could buy a 200 acre farm for 150k. Now you need millions to do it
It was healthier when you could buy a 200 acre farm for 150k. Now you need millions to do it
Posted on 3/26/22 at 10:43 am to DingLeeBerry
So I hope that they realize that not all idle land is ready to be planted today .. .. as in there may be extensive land work that needs to be done or water well work/repair and so on.
These people are idiots.
These people are idiots.
This post was edited on 3/26/22 at 10:45 am
Posted on 3/26/22 at 11:24 am to tiger91
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So I hope that they realize that not all idle land is ready to be planted today .. .. as in there may be extensive land work that needs to be done or water well work/repair and so on.
These people are idiots.
Back when I had land in CRP they required me to mow 1/3 of it every year. So each parcel had parts that had 1 and 2 years of growth on them. Mowing like that was allowing sweet gums and honey locusts to get started (in the 2 idle years) and those are hell to get rid of.
Money was nice but I decided it wasnt worth the fight to keep bad stuff out. If they had allowed me to mow entire area every year I would have stayed in it.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 11:27 am to alphaandomega
Who "allows" someone to mow, or do whatever they want, to their own land?
Posted on 3/26/22 at 2:30 pm to deltaland
I agree with your dislike of CRP. Back when I farmed full time in the eighties and nineties we had to compete with USDA for farm ground. It saved soil but reduced the money in the local economy since fertilizer, seed, chemicals, fuel, machinery, parts weren't needed for CRP. I actually had a USDA guy want me to talk to a land owner into enrolling. I didn't but I don't think he saw the irony in that.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 2:38 pm to DingLeeBerry
Don't believe anything from the Environmental Working Group. They don't represent modern production agriculture. The environmental benefits gained during that 10 year rental time didn't get lost, erosion was reduced in that time.Most CRP land that is in the Midwest and upper south would never be plowed in returning to crop land, it would likely be noticed, continuing to reduce erosion.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 2:47 pm to DingLeeBerry
The problem is that that most of the corn is grown for ethanol for your gas. Quit using ethanol for gas and we'd be fine.
Ethanol is fine to drink tho. That's why I get my corn from a jar
Ethanol is fine to drink tho. That's why I get my corn from a jar
Posted on 3/26/22 at 3:36 pm to LSURoss
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Who "allows" someone to mow, or do whatever they want, to their own land?
When you are enrolled in the CRP program the feds tell you what can and cannot be done on the land. They are paying you for that right.
I made almost as much on the CRP land (paid by government) as I did in the parts we row cropped, per acre, after deducting the costs to plant (seed, fuel, herbicides and fertilizer)
This post was edited on 3/26/22 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 3/26/22 at 3:37 pm to daydranking
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Ethanol is fine to drink tho. That's why I get my corn from a jar
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Posted on 3/26/22 at 3:41 pm to alphaandomega
Kind of like in the 80s when the government was buying milk and pouring it down the drain, and you weren’t allowed to sell dairy cows for anything but slaughter if you were in the program.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 4:02 pm to Bass Tiger
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Same goes with Bill Gates, dude has bought a shite ton of farmland in the Midwest over the past 10 years.
His biggest land holdings are in Louisiana and Arkansas.
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