glasshouse
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- lothians
Uncle Sam has cleared conservation land to be cropped as of today
USA to plough conservation land
- Thread starter glasshouse
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- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Fear not our local government is busy buying farmland to host music festivals!
JD-Kid
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- Akaroa.. New Zealand
ummmm must of forgotten about the dust bowl from years ago
sure we need food but could be a downward slide
sure we need food but could be a downward slide
glasshouse
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- lothians
How long till our clowns at number ten cotton on?
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- DD9.
glasshouse
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- lothians
They will catch on eventually.
I will sharpen up the tree mulcher in readiness
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- Aberdeenshire
great statement but have you got a source? The closest I was able to find is this:
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High commodity prices shift conservation lands to crop fields
Landowners told the USDA they will take 1.7 million acres out of the long-term Conservation Reserve and put it back into crop production, betting on profits from sky-high commodity prices.
beardface
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- East Yorkshire
I cut a bit of cropped CRP land. Think the rule was it had to be uncropped for minimum 2 years. Was voluntary and basically gave you a payment for opting to fallow land if prices were crap. When I was there bean and maize prices were up so loads of it was cropped. Just because there cropping it doesn't mean it'll be food crops.
- Location
- America's dairyland
Only land in the last year of a contract is being released after nesting season. So fall planting will be allowed after July. Most CRP contracts are 15 years, so not a huge amount of land, but it is free, no rent payback.
glasshouse
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- lothians
Bloomberggreat statement but have you got a source? The closest I was able to find is this:
The article states that the Conversation Reserve is a voluntary program for landowners, who are now taking acreage out of it to profit from high commodity prices. Not uncle Sam but the landowners, and no philanthropic we need to feed the world, more like lets make more money.High commodity prices shift conservation lands to crop fields
Landowners told the USDA they will take 1.7 million acres out of the long-term Conservation Reserve and put it back into crop production, betting on profits from sky-high commodity prices.www.agriculture.com
Dave6170
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- Location
- Watten, caithness
He is a dangerous man
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Germany also increased cropping
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- maize