Leveraging Farm Policy for Conservation
This paper provides analysis of why an environment favorable for passage of the 1985 Farm Bill came to be, and it draws a few lessons from the experience.
By Douglas Helms
In this paper, Douglas Helms, NRCS National Historian, reflects on the significance of the passage of the 1985 Farm Bill. Rather than presenting a chronological narrative, it provides some analysis of why an environment favorable for passage came to be, and it draws a few lessons from the experience.
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