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Low crop prices, increasing conservation compliance
Aug 4, 2017, 16:55 PM
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An ag economist says farmers are more likely to implement conservation measures in times of low crop prices under the 2014 Farm Bill than they were in past farm bills because crop insurance incentives.
“When crop prices are really low, you see high commodity payments and pretty much compliance incentives are high everywhere.”
Senior Economist Roger Claassen with USDA’s Economic Research Service tells Brownfield in times of medium or high crop prices, compliance incentives are more variable.
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