President Joe Biden wants to combat climate change by paying more farmers not to farm. Environmentalists praise certain aspects of the program, which doles out about $2 billion each year to farmers and ranchers.
The program also has supporters including many members of Congress and powerful ag interests that prefer voluntary incentives over mandatory regulations to slash emissions.
USDA asserts the program has prevented more than 12 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere
Even though the USDA this summer more than doubled key incentive payments for the program that encourages farmers and ranchers to leave land idle, high commodity prices are keeping it more worthwhile for growers to raise crops.
FSA pays farmers rent for the 10 to 15 years the land is enrolled and shares in the costs of making the conservation changes. But it’s not clear how USDA measures whether the program is a good conservation effort. Ducheneaux said that the department relies on independent analysis from universities and environmental nonprofits to help quantify the program’s success.

The slow pace of enrollment and the temporary nature of the program raise questions about whether it will ever contribute significantly to efforts to reduce carbon emissions. It also shows how difficult it is for government programs to voluntarily draw in the farm industry to combat pollution.

Zach Ducheneaux, administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency, which oversees the conservation program, acknowledges that participation this year has been lower than hoped for, but he is still optimistic that the additional money the administration is providing will spur more landowners to join.

The added incentives the USDA has introduced “definitely made the program more attractive than it was last year,” said Cristel Zoebisch, policy specialist at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

But she noted that high commodity prices this year could be more lucrative than any additional money the Biden administration is offering. “It’s a trend that we’ve seen time and time again that whenever commodity prices are good, CRP enrollments go down,” Zoebisch said.



https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/29/usda-farmers-conservation-program-507028

Biden is doing great in America, he has United the country that was badly divided under Donald trump and created millions of Jobs.

So many black men and women are holding prestigious posts in his government, unlike trump all White male.

I know people say what they wish were true, but I'll leave it at that because most people post something completely unrelated to the post in order to distract people from the post.
So, what are your thoughts on Biden paying farmers not to farm?

God1000:
Biden is doing great in America, he has United the country that was badly divided under Donald trump and created millions of Jobs.

So many black men and women are holding prestigious positions in his government, unlike trump all White male.

bn365:
I know people say what they wish were true, but I'll leave it at that because most people post something completely unrelated to the post in order to distract people from the post.
So, what are your thoughts on Biden paying farmers not to farm?

I think it's a good thing

You do know its the same program Dutch farmers are protesting in the Netherlands, right?
You saw how it led to the topling of Sri Lanka govt.
A World Economic Forum [WEF] program to rid people of ownership, [You will own nothing and you will be happy] ie land, cars, even right to your own body?
You just went through covid vax mandate where people had no right to reject what goes into their own body
Some of us don't want to eat bugs but i would like to know why you think its a good thing

God1000:
I think it's a good thing

bn365:
You do know its the same program Dutch farmers are protesting in the Netherlands, right?
You saw how it led to the topling of Sri Lanka govt.
A World Economic Forum [WEF] program to rid people of ownership, [You will own nothing and you will be happy] ie land, cars, even right to your own body?
You just went through covid vax mandate where people had no right to reject what goes into their own body
Some of us don't want to eat bugs but i would like to know why you think its a good thing

Thank you brother. Please, if they are not farming how do they feed?

jesmond3945:
Thank you brother. Please, if they are not farming how do they feed?

They'll print trillions of money illegally and purchase agricultural products from puppets countries and third world countries

They want to create an artificial crisis ie food crisis and even though it rains without draughts, they will tell everyone it's climate change-related. Then they will come up with a "solution".
There are too many people in the world and too little food/resources to sustain the population. Population reduction.

jesmond3945:
Thank you brother. Please, if they are not farming how do they feed?

Smalloga:


They'll print trillions of money illegally and purchase agricultural products from puppets countries and third world countries

makes sense.

The evil western world globalization cult are desperate..

The only thing they think of is evil.

How to reduce world population etc.