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    Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008: Farmland Protection Program (FPP)

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    Abstract
    Congress established the Farmland Protection Program (FPP) in the 1996 Farm Bill to limit nonagricultural uses of certain agricultural lands. The program was renamed the Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program (FRPP) for the 2002 Farm Bill, and changed back to the FPP in 2008. The objective of the Farmland Protection Program is to help farmers and ranchers keep their working agricultural land in agriculture. Producers voluntarily sell conservation easements for their land in exchange for rental payments. Purchasing organizations for the conservation easements include the USDA itself, state and ...
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    Hicks, Erin; Seidl, Andrew; United States Natural Resources Conservation Service

    Date Issued
    2008
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    born digital; reports
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