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Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 15-01
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 15-02
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 15-02
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
All states in the Intermountain West assess farms and ranches at their agricultural use value. Some states extend some form of preferential use value assessment to land managed for its value for wildlife, natural resource conservation, outdoor recreation, and open space -not just for commodity production. Property tax laws and assessment practices in other states create obstacles for landowners who want to manage their private land for natural resource...
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Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARP 08-01
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), enacted in 1985, provides payments to farmers to take highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland out of production for ten years or more to conserve soil and water resources. It is the federal government's largest private land retirement program. The program is administered by the Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), with technical assistance provided by USDA's Natural...
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Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 08-09
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
There are fifteen titles in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (known as the 2008 Farm Bill). Our focus is the conservation title, Title II, which has seven main conservation programs: the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the Farmland Protection Program (FPP),...
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Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 14-01
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Focused on Agricultural Act of 2014 Title II: Conservation, which provides funding for thirteen conservation programs. The Conservations Title's purpose is to ensure the provision of clean water, abundant and safe food, the protection of wildlife from excessive disruption, and a conservation of the agricultural way of life.