tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post2832313668617626958..comments2024-03-21T13:15:26.838-04:00Comments on The Rural Blog: Is Conservation Reserve Program to protect marginal land causing rural population loss?Melissa Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558431327921705882noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-4779607878732917062011-09-23T23:01:26.839-04:002011-09-23T23:01:26.839-04:00I live in rural Minnesota where a lot of ground ha...I live in rural Minnesota where a lot of ground has been in CRP for close to 20 years now. It has definately hurt our community and stifled opportunites for farmers. In our area, some of the best land in the area is in CRP. To put icing on the cake, the government is offering new contracts that are almost double the rate of what current land is being rented for...and i thought our government was broke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-6232086041568019232011-03-15T09:20:36.236-04:002011-03-15T09:20:36.236-04:00Everyone is looking for an excuse as to why their ...Everyone is looking for an excuse as to why their town is dying.. towns are dying across rural America, in areas where just about every acre is planted. CRP doesn't pay that much, it only attracts land that wasn't netting as much to crop it. In some areas, CRP has helped the hunting and wildlife related industries. I have yet to see where really good land has gone to CRP, in the vast majority of cases, it has been marginal land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com