Due to lax standards and implementation problems, USDA's conservation compliance program is missing cost-effective opportunities to make further, substantial reductions in cropland soil erosion and agriculture-related toxic run-off. Conservation compliance is critical to mitigating the damage agriculture related pollution does to streams, waterways and the Gulf of Mexico.
Featured Press:
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Bigger Farms or Cleaner Streams?
Minneapolis Star Tribune | September 8, 2007
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U.S. Farmers Should Curb Fertilizer Runoff: Study
Reuters | September 10, 2007
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Scorched Earth
CNN | February 25, 2008
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Congress Not Done With Farm Bill
Black Hills Pioneer | September 29, 2008
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Senate Cuts Would Shave $5 Million From S.D. EQIP Funds, Group Says
Daily Republic | September 24, 2008
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Conservation Cuts in Spending Bills Grab Attention of Environmental Groups
Hoosier Ag Today | September 12, 2008
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Senate May Give Growers Less Than Vowed
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | September 12, 2008
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Demand Already Exceeds Funding for Conservation Program That Could Suffer Cuts
Mitchell Daily Republic | September 12, 2008
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Possible Cuts Draw Fire
Bismarck Tribune | September 12, 2008
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Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Green Muze | May 29, 2009
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Environmental group: Target U.S. aid at most polluted waters in Iowa
Des Moines Register | May 29, 2009
