Champion elimination of Conservation Reserve Program
Mandate says farmers should not be paid broadly not to farm and that USDA should work with Congress to eliminate the overbroad Conservation Reserve Program.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 10 (USDA) — Conservation: champion elimination of Conservation Reserve Program; if extremely sensitive land should not be farmed, use targeted efforts tied to specific concrete environmental harm; USDA should work with Congress to eliminate this overbroad program.
Undo plan
1) Reform CRP toward targeted environmentally sensitive acres rather than total elimination.
2) Protect continuous CRP practices with proven water/wildlife benefits.
3) Use emergency haying/grazing flexibility during supply shocks instead of program abolition.
4) Require cost-benefit and habitat metrics in any statutory rewrite.
5) Verify: acreage, wildlife, and commodity-price indicators.