@article{Batie:11631, recid = {11631}, author = {Batie, Sandra S. and Schweikhardt, David B.}, title = {ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES IN THE 1995 FARM BILL DEBATE: THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM}, address = {1994}, number = {1099-2016-88983}, series = {Staff Paper 94-51}, pages = {6}, year = {1994}, abstract = {The future of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will be a pivotal issue in the 1995 farm bill debate. Established under the Food Security Act of 1985, the original objectives of the CRP were to provide a voluntary form of supply control and to reduce soil erosion by retiring highly erodible land on a long-term basis. The latter objective was expanded in 1990 to include retirement of lands for the purpose of protecting water quality.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/11631}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.11631}, }