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Support Conservation Funding in the Farm Bill!
Target: U.S. Senate, U.S. CongressSponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
The Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill in December, 2007, providing some important conservation funding increases.
The House and Senate now must reconcile the differences between the two versions of the bill and produce a final bill for the president to sign. It's critical for Congress to produce a final bill that includes $5.1 billion in additional conservation program funding - the level provided in the Senate bill - and makes some reasonable reforms to farm subsidy programs.
Tell your Representatives and Senators not to cut funding for USDA's voluntary conservation incentives programs and to take that message to Congressional and Agriculture Committee Leadership.
The House and Senate now must reconcile the differences between the two versions of the bill and produce a final bill for the president to sign. It's critical for Congress to produce a final bill that includes $5.1 billion in additional conservation program funding - the level provided in the Senate bill - and makes some reasonable reforms to farm subsidy programs.
Tell your Representatives and Senators not to cut funding for USDA's voluntary conservation incentives programs and to take that message to Congressional and Agriculture Committee Leadership.
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We signed the “Support Conservation Funding in the Farm Bill!” petition!
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7:02 pm PDT, May 6,
Paul Grooms, Pennsylvania
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We need the conservation programs to help farmers and ranchers enhance wildlife habitat and improve the water and the air quality...don't stop these programs for our welfare and our beautiful God given animals sake!!
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They save productive acreage we are going to need down the road? Seems like a winner to me.
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The Chesapeake Bay and our rivers are too important a resources too continue to let our agricultural activities degrade them. We need to act now!
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The farm bill should be so that they can have certain programs that could help farmers.
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We need conservation In the Farm Bill.
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There's no point in helping farmers and ranchers if conservation is ignored. The two go together.
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are you here yet? the only time is now. change is inevitable but yours to command. support your familys future.
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The Farm Bill should provide conservation incentives programs so that farmers can utilize sustainable methods.
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