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End the program that pays farmers not to farm

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 10, p. 304. Written by Daren Bakst.

End the program that pays farmers not to farm

The document says “shouldWho acts: USDA, CongressHow: legislationp. 304 in the PDF
What the document says

“Farmers should not be paid in such a sweeping way not to farm their land.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 304

The chapter says that if there is a desire to keep extremely sensitive land out of production this should be done through targeted efforts clearly connected to a specific environmental harm, and that the department should work with Congress to eliminate what it calls this overbroad program.

What the document actually says

“Farmers should not be paid in such a sweeping way not to farm their land.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 304
That sentence, in plain words

Farmers get paid not to farm their land. That should not be done so widely.

What this is about

One program pays farmers to leave land empty. It is meant to protect nature. The book says it is far too broad.

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