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CalCAN is a member of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). We occasionally repost their blogs on key federal policy issues. Last week, the House Agriculture Committee Chair released a draft farm bill.\u00a0 Below is NSAC’s analysis on the working lands conservation provisions in the House bill. NSAC has a series of important blog posts on the proposed farm bill, found here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Washington, DC, April 13, 2018<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Yesterday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) presented a draft farm bill to America\u2019s farmers and ranchers that would eradicate the nation\u2019s largest voluntary working lands conservation program, the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Chairman\u2019s press materials claim that the bill is prioritizing working lands conservation by \u201cfolding the best features of the Conservation Stewardship Program into the nation\u2019s flagship incentive-based program for voluntary conservation \u2013 the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).\u201d However, this is simply not true.<\/p>\n

In total, the draft bill proposes to cut funding for working lands conservation programs by 25 percent ($4.3 billion) over five years and 20 percent ($7.1 billion) over 10 years, exclusive of final payments to existing CSP contracts. To put that figure in contrast, the 2014 Farm Bill cut the entire conservation title by $4 billion over 10 years.<\/p>\n

CSP and EQIP are separate programs for a reason \u2013 they each have unique roles to play in enhancing the sustainability of American agriculture. CSP helps farmers and ranchers implement advanced conservation stewardship systems to address priority resource concerns on their land. EQIP, in contrast, is more of an \u201con-ramp\u201d to working lands conservation, and provides cost-share assistance on a one-time basis to help producers implement specific conservation practices.<\/p>\n

The draft bill proposes to add \u201cstewardship contracts\u201d into EQIP, with the purported intention of retaining the core elements of CSP. However, the proposal eliminates nearly all of these core elements \u2013 the comprehensive conservation approach, the inclusion of the entire farm in stewardship efforts, and the eligibility requirement to reach a decent environmental stewardship level before enrolling. Furthermore, the bill would cut funding for stewardship practices by as much as 100 percent by placing a ceiling, rather than a minimum floor, on the amount of total funding that must go to stewardship contracts within EQIP.<\/p>\n

Adding insult to injury, in addition to eliminating incentives for the most effective conservation activities, the Chairman\u2019s bill would also make infrastructure activities for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) eligible for stewardship contracts for the first time, a practice currently prohibited by CSP.<\/p>\n

The following chart outlines the devastating effect the Chairman\u2019s draft bill would have on working lands conservation efforts by comparing current CSP standards (\u201cCSP Best Features\u201d) under current law with the draft bill\u2019s plan for an \u201cenhanced\u201d EQIP:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cCSP Best Features\u201d<\/strong><\/td>\nCurrent Law<\/strong><\/td>\nConaway Farm Bill<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Comprehensive Conservation Approach<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nNO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whole Farm Conservation Approach<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nNO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reach Good Environmental Stewardship Threshold to be Eligible<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nNO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Designate at Least 5 Priority Resource Concerns<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nDesignates only 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payments for Active Management of Ongoing Conservation<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nNO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payments for Advanced Conservation Enhancements<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nNO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payments Based on Conservation Benefits<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nNO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supplemental Payments For Ag Diversification \u2013
\nResource Conserving Crop Rotation<\/td>\n		YES<\/td>\nNO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAFO Infrastructure<\/td>\nINELIGIBLE<\/td>\nELIGIBLE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Five Year Renewable Contracts with Continual Improvement<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nNO
\nSingle 5-10 year contract<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$40,000\/year Payment Limitation<\/td>\nYES<\/td>\nUnnecessarily increased to $50,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Five Year Funding (2019-2023)<\/td>\n$8.8 Billion<\/td>\nAnywhere from $0-$6.6 billion; a cut of 25-100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ten Year Funding (2019-2028)<\/td>\n$17.7 Billion<\/td>\nAnywhere from $0-$14.1 billion; a cut of 21-100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

To learn more about the current structure, terminology, and benefits of CSP, see NSAC\u2019s online publications:\u00a0Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>y\u00a0Farmers\u2019 Guide to CSP<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While there is indeed room to make improvements to CSP in the next farm bill, the wholesale elimination of the nation\u2019s largest conservation program is the opposite of a thoughtful approach. Reforms to CSP should focus on increasing conservation benefits and program accessibility, and NSAC remains committed to working to protect and enhance CSP as the farm bill process moves forward.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s family farmers and ranchers rely on Congress to deliver a farm bill that gives them the best opportunities to feed their neighbors, earn a decent living, and keep their lands sustainable and healthy \u2013 this, sadly, is not that bill. NSAC urges both the House and the Senate to commit to bipartisan reforms in the 2018 Farm Bill, and to producing a bill that offers the best possible future for American agriculture.<\/p>\n

In the following days, NSAC will publish a detailed analysis of the Chairman\u2019s draft bill and its potential impact on working lands conservation programs on our\u00a0blog<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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