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Although the USDA used to pay farmers just for not growing crops due to large surpluses of primary commodities, the only form of payment now for not growing crops is a program called the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Certain types of environmentally sensitive areas, particularly riparian areas, need protection to prevent erosion or runoff. The USDA essentially "rents" this land for a relatively low price in return for the farmer's planting of permanent grasses, shrubs, and trees to hold the soil. The program requires the farmer to enter into a six-year contract (I think it's six years, though I may not remember correctly).
The USDA has many different programs available to farmers and rural communities for a wide variety of purposes, but the CRP is the only one which even comes close to "...pay farmers not to grow crops."
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What do farmers do with there crops?
farmers sell the crops to companies and companies sell them to stores and then the stores sell them to us
Why doesn't the US just give it's crop surpluses to poor countries?
To a large degree it does. However farmers grow crops for profit. If they are not going to get paid for their work then they will not grow them. Which is reasonable.
Why does the US government pay farmers not to grow crops?
Although the USDA used to pay farmers just for not growing crops due to large surpluses of primary commodities, the only form of payment now for not growing crops is a program called the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Certain types of environmentally sensitive areas, particularly riparian areas, need protection to prevent erosion or runoff. The USDA essentially "rents" this land for a relatively low price in return for the farmer's planting of permanent grasses, shrubs, and trees to hold the soil. The program requires the farmer to enter into a six-year contract (I think it's six years, though I may not remember correctly). The USDA has many different programs available to farmers and rural communities for a wide variety of purposes, but the CRP is the only one which even comes close to "...pay farmers not to grow crops."
How do some farmers accumulate savings?
Farmers grow crops to feed themselves and to sell at market so that they have money to purchase things that they need but can not grow or make for themselves. All people (farmers and non farmers) need to eat and therefore everyone actually depends on what farmers produce for us. The trouble is that farmers have to rely on middle men (merchants) to get their food to the people. It is the merchants that are in the position of making money from the trade. Farmers would benefit themselves by coming together as small communities to decide what to grow, to purchase fertiliser and seeds in bulk and to share in the process of selling their produce, trying to cut out some of the middle men. This will increase their income so that they can save some money - this is how some farmers accumulate savings.
Why did family farmers face hard times in the 1980s?
ok, answer: The farmers interest rates on bank loans increased. So, many farmers were not able to jmake enough money to pay their loans. Additionally, the US government had spent the previous decade encouraging farmers to buy more and more land and plant as much of it to crops as they possibly could. This created a huge crop surplus that took quite a few years to get worked down, lowering crop prices and making it impossible for the farmers to turn enough profit to pay for all the land they had bought at "land boom" prices. As a result, many farm families had to declare bankruptcy and leave the land. This was also the reason Willie Nelson (a famous US country singer) began the benefit concert series titled "Farm Aid". It wasn't until the early 1990's that the markets for both the crops and the land began to turn around enough to make farming profitable again.
What do farmers do with there crops?
farmers sell the crops to companies and companies sell them to stores and then the stores sell them to us
How does farmers help us?
well farmers farm crops, crops=food. and we kinda need food to live
Does the US grow enough wheat and corn to feed its own people?
Yes. In most years, US farmers grow enough wheat and corn to export around 30% of both crops to other countries.
Why doesn't the US just give it's crop surpluses to poor countries?
To a large degree it does. However farmers grow crops for profit. If they are not going to get paid for their work then they will not grow them. Which is reasonable.
Why farmer are important?
Farmers are important because they work hard on their farms and they grow plenty of crops for us. Farmers worked with struggle about 150 years ago and he raised just enough for him and his family to eat some of the crops. Farmers make the food we need. If farmers didn't grow any vegetables or fruits and more then we would not be healthy. Basically, we would not have any food because most of the food farmers grow we use most likely every day.
What crops grow in the US?
amaranthbarlybuchweatcanola
Where in the southeast can grow crops?
Some areas of all states in the southeast US can grow crops.
Why does the US government pay farmers not to grow crops?
Although the USDA used to pay farmers just for not growing crops due to large surpluses of primary commodities, the only form of payment now for not growing crops is a program called the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Certain types of environmentally sensitive areas, particularly riparian areas, need protection to prevent erosion or runoff. The USDA essentially "rents" this land for a relatively low price in return for the farmer's planting of permanent grasses, shrubs, and trees to hold the soil. The program requires the farmer to enter into a six-year contract (I think it's six years, though I may not remember correctly). The USDA has many different programs available to farmers and rural communities for a wide variety of purposes, but the CRP is the only one which even comes close to "...pay farmers not to grow crops."
What did farmers grow hemp for in World War 2?
Because the US Government asked farmers to grow hemp.
How do immigrats help us?
They help us because they grow crops for the US
Does New Jersey grow crops for the US?
yes
Why did The US Constitution develop?
So they can grow crops
