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<blockquote data-quote="Farmhand" data-source="post: 169737" data-attributes="member: 1292"><p>I'm not sure that you described the ten year reserve program quite right. It's official name was CRP. Can't think right now what the initials stood for. I worked for the Soil Conservation Service (now known as Natural Resource Conservation Service) when a lot of this started going in. It was ment to take Highly Erodible Land (HEL) out of production. Don't remember anything being said about getting grain off the market. Most crop rotations here are corn, soybean rotation. Wind and water will take a lot of top soil off of HEL ground. The only way to stop losing top soil is to plant a more intensive crop, drill crops, leave lots of residue, or plant to grass. A lot of people didn't want to or couldn't afford to change how and what they planted so this program came about. A lot of CRP ground is also doubling as buffers for streams. Crop ground was being lost to erosion from water runoff. Grassing the area next to the streams kept the soil in place and helped stop chemicals reaching the water. The program allowed a farmer to still receive an income for this ground while being a good neighbor and protecting the ground through conservation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmhand, post: 169737, member: 1292"] I'm not sure that you described the ten year reserve program quite right. It's official name was CRP. Can't think right now what the initials stood for. I worked for the Soil Conservation Service (now known as Natural Resource Conservation Service) when a lot of this started going in. It was ment to take Highly Erodible Land (HEL) out of production. Don't remember anything being said about getting grain off the market. Most crop rotations here are corn, soybean rotation. Wind and water will take a lot of top soil off of HEL ground. The only way to stop losing top soil is to plant a more intensive crop, drill crops, leave lots of residue, or plant to grass. A lot of people didn't want to or couldn't afford to change how and what they planted so this program came about. A lot of CRP ground is also doubling as buffers for streams. Crop ground was being lost to erosion from water runoff. Grassing the area next to the streams kept the soil in place and helped stop chemicals reaching the water. The program allowed a farmer to still receive an income for this ground while being a good neighbor and protecting the ground through conservation. [/QUOTE]
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