Soil Bank Program
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The Soil Bank Program is a federal program (authorized by the Soil Bank Act
, P.L. 84-540, Title I) of the late 1950s and early 1960s that paid farmers to retire land from production for 10 years. The predecessor to today’s Conservation Reserve Program
. The maximum enrollment was 28700000 acres (116,144.9 km²) in 1960. Some elements in the CRP, such as a limit on CRP acres per county, were a response to the Soil Bank experience.
Soil Bank Act
The Soil Bank Act — Title I of the Agricultural Act of 1956 — created the Acreage Reserve Program to retire land producing basic commodities under an annual agreement from 1956 through 1959, and the Conservation Reserve Program, to retire agricultural land under contracts of 3, 5, or 10 years. ...
, P.L. 84-540, Title I) of the late 1950s and early 1960s that paid farmers to retire land from production for 10 years. The predecessor to today’s Conservation Reserve Program
Conservation Reserve Program
The Conservation Reserve Program is a cost-share and rental payment program under the United States Department of Agriculture , and is administered by the USDA Farm Service Agency . Technical assistance for CRP is provided by the USDA Forest Service and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation...
. The maximum enrollment was 28700000 acres (116,144.9 km²) in 1960. Some elements in the CRP, such as a limit on CRP acres per county, were a response to the Soil Bank experience.