We do not pay farmers not to farm anymore. We have a CRP program that pays farmers not to use that land for CRP, but that does not decrease the value of the land. They get a payment on the CRP. Environmentalists and everybody agrees on that program that it is a good program.
Discussing the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and its impact on farmers and land value.
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