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The Agricultural Act of 2014:
Conservation ProgramsJim Pease
Professor & Extension SpecialistDept. of Ag & Applied Economics, Virginia Tech
UniversityBlacksburg, VA
Brad Lubben Extension Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Presented at 2014 Farm Bill Conference, Kansas City, MO, Sept. 3-4, 2014
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HighlightsConservation Programs in
Farm Bill 2014Mandatory spending is reduced by less
than 1% 2014-2018, but by 6.4% over 2014-2023 (in addition to sequestration), and spending is redirected.
23 conservation programs combined/repealed into 13 programs
Reduces CRP enrollment to 24m acres by 2017. Grassland enrollment authorized up to 2 m acres
More than 50% of conservation funding directed to Working Lands programs
Conservation Compliance required as condition of premium subsidies for crop insurance
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Share of Total Conservation Program Spending
1. 3Source: Claassen, R. 2014 “2014 Farm Act Continues Most Previous Trends In Conservation”, Amber Waves
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Land Retirement Programs Merged
Conservation Reserve Program
Farmable Wetlands Program
Grassland Reserve Program
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5http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/crpenrollmentnov2013.pdf
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CRP Acres Enrolled
6Source: USDA/ERS, http://www.ers.usda.gov/agricultural-act-of-2014-highlights-and-implications
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CRP Annual Payments 2001-2014
7Source: USDA/ERS, http://www.ers.usda.gov/agricultural-act-of-2014-highlights-and-implications
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Farm Bill 2014 Working Lands Programs Merged
Environmental Quality
Incentive Program (EQIP)
Wildlife Habitat
Incentive Program (WHIP)
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Pre-2014 Farm Bill Programs
Farm Bill 2014
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EQIP in Farm Bill 2014
Authorizes EQIP funding rising to $1.75B by FY2018. 60% of EQIP funding must go to practices related to livestock. Payment limit of $450K for FY2014-2018
5% cut-out funding for wildlife habitat to replace WHIP
Advance payment terms and rates for conservation practices of beginning, socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers
5% cut-out funding authorized for beginning farmers
Reauthorizes Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program within EQIP; $25m/year air quality funding cut-out
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CSP in Farm Bill 2014
CSP enrollment cap limited to 10m acres/year.
Payment limit of $200K for FY2014-2018.
Required priority resource concerns addressed increase from 1 to 2 for entry
Authorizes 5% funding to beginning farmers and additional 5% to socially disadvantaged farmers
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Farm Bill 2014Easement Programs Merged
Agricultural Conservation Easement
Program (ACEP)
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
Farmland Protection Program
(FPP)
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)*
Farm Bill 2014
Pre-2014 Farm Bill Programs 11
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Easement Programs Reduced Funding
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Source: Claassen, R. 2014 “2014 Farm Act Continues Most Previous Trends In Conservation”, Amber Waves
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Farm Bill 2014Other Programs Merged
Regional Conservation Partnership
Program (RCPP)
Agricultural Water
Enhancement Program (AWEP)
Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Program
Cooperative Conservatio
n Partnership
Initiative (CCPI)
Great Lakes Basin
Program
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Farm Bill 2014
Pre-2014 Farm Bill Programs
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Conservation Compliance (Sodbuster/HELC and Swampbuster/Wetlands Conservation)Both require compliance of crop insurance participants receiving government premium subsidies. Self-certification of compliance
Wetlands violations have varying subsidy penalties. Wetlands mitigation could still require greater than 1:1 acres mitigated.
Loss of premium subsidy not retroactive, only takes effect after appeals exhausted. Farmers never before subject to compliance have 5 years to comply.
USDA estimated maximum of 2% of farms could be subject to compliance rules for first time.
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Payment limitations
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CRP Payment Types
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Top 5 CRP Conservation Practices
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NSAC Summary of Funding Changes for Beginning/Disadvantaged Farmers
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