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Reuters: The federal government will maximize enrollment in the land-idling Conservation Reserve, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a policy that would reduce U.S. cropland by 1.5 percent if successful. The amount of land involved, around 5 million acres, could produce more than 150 million bushels of wheat, 200 million bushels of soybeans or 700 million bushels of corn, based on recent abandonment rates and the Agriculture Department's projected yields for the three crops this ......
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USDA to boost wildlife habitat, trim cropland
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 28th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation