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To: Graybeard58

My dad was a farmer up into the early 90's. I remember him getting paid not to plant some areas, or milo for wildlife and such.

19 posted on 02/01/2007 6:16:13 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Southaven Mississippi Freeper)

To: Sybeck1

That has changed and you can plant all you want and with the ethanol boom which is happening the program is not near as important

20 posted on 02/01/2007 6:18:52 PM PST by jim from nebraska

To: Sybeck1

I remember him getting paid not to plant some areas, or milo for wildlife and such.

That's the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). A different ball of wax.

43 posted on 02/02/2007 9:05:31 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)

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