U.S. Senators Call For Planting on Conserved Land in Response to Ukraine Crisis

A few more articles this week on paying farmers not to produce.

https://thecounter.org/biden-administration-farmers-conservation-reserve...

"The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would expand a program that pays farmers to leave land fallow, part of a broader, government-wide effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. The new initiative will incentivize farmers to take land out of production by raising rental rates and incentive payments. "

https://www.grainnet.com/article/267974/u-s-senators-call-for-planting-o...

"Allowing crop production on CRP lands is a critical step for stabilizing food prices that have skyrocketed in recent months, and to help American growers fulfill the unmet global demand for grains that threatens the lives of tens of millions of people," the senators wrote.

https://modernfarmer.com/2022/03/california-drought-pay-farmers/

"The most impacted sector will be the rice industry, as the plan would leave 35,000 acres of rice fields in the northern Central Valley—adding up to about six percent of the yearly crop—unused."