And the idea is that we don't want to be doing a bunch of sod, busting out on these pastures and raising wheat and row crops in areas where it actually should remain pasture. So The USDA adopted the CRP plan, and basically they pay people not to produce on their own private land. Well, then what happens is that it used to be that when people, when farmers and ranchers got older, they either conveyed the ranch or the operation to people within … (01:53–02:01)
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Asserts that the USDA's Conservation Reserve Program pays landowners not to produce on their land.
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