Conservation Easements and the Urge to Rule . . .

[redcliffsw]

Landowners, beware.

Corruption begins with influence and power unleashed by a non-governmental organization (NGO).

http://www.newswithviews.com/DeWeese/tom238.htm

[Ross]

Remember, we have spoke of the United Nations Agenda 21!

Conservation Easements is one of their control factors to take control of the farm lands in our country.

I hope more people take the time to read this article for better understanding of the clandescent assault on our country!

[Patriot]

Remember, we have spoke of the United Nations Agenda 21!

Conservation Easements is one of their control factors to take control of the farm lands in our country.

I hope more people take the time to read this article for better understanding of the clandescent assault on our country!

Unfortunately, as with so many 'programs' the shortsighted love of money results in many giving up long term liberty for short term gain. 

[Ross]

I received this in an e-mail, so I did a google search.

The Farm Bill makes significant investment of $2 billion for conservation easements across the country to continue protecting vital farmland. The bill also contains major farm policy reform to improve soil and wetland protections in the form of conservation compliance. And the bill continues important support for beginning farmers just looking to get started and improves access to fresh, local foods through farmers markets.
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The google search privides many places to look.
I chose:

Special Update:Farm Policy Roundup – January 28, 2014

By Jeremy Peters | Published: January 28, 2014


Rancher with lassoFarm bill negotiators released late yesterday the final agreement on the Farm Bill, called the Agricultural Act of 2014. American Farmland Trust is calling for swift support of this important legislation.

The Agricultural Act provides many priorities that American Farmland Trust has championed, and American Farmland Trust's board of directors approved a resolution supporting the bill. It reauthorizes critically important funding for conservation easements to continue protecting our nation's farmland, it provides significant conservation resources that will assist farmers and ranchers in addressing natural resource challenges in critical areas, and it makes historic policy reform by relinking conservation compliance to crop insurance premium assistance.

Farmland Conservation

Overall, the bill provides $57 billion over ten years for conservation programs that will remain available until expended. That amount represents a total cut of $6 billion in the bill to conservation.

Specific programmatic details include:
•Reauthorizes $2 billion for conservation easements through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP).
•Provides $1 billion for targeted conservation through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
•Reauthorizes the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) at $8 billion.
•Provides for 10 million acres per year to be enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
•Allows for retaining or enrolling of up to 24 million acres of fragile lands to be enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program.
•Voluntary Access Program is reauthorized at $40 million per year.
•Agricultural Management Assistance is reauthorized at $10 million per year.
•Regional Equity is preserved in the bill.

The bill also makes major policy reform which has been a key priority for American Farmland Trust and our conservation partners by relinking conservation compliance with crop insurance premium assistance. For the first time since 1996, farmers receiving federal crop insurance premium subsidies will be required to have conservation plans on their farm to guard against highly erodible soils and to protect wetlands.

Finally, the bill includes a Sodsaver provision to reduce  grassland conversion in the prairie pothole region–providing additional safeguards for fragile lands.

There is more at: http://www.farmbillfacts.org/farm-policy-roundup-01-28-2014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farm-policy-roundup-01-28-2014

What I was pointing out is in red and in larger letters.