Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: Environmental Quality Incentives Program Funds Expensive Industrial Agriculture Practices, Turns Aspiring Conservationists Away
April 03, 2024
April 03, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 3 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy issued the following news release:
A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that an outsized share of the funding for the conservation program Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) financed expensive practices with little or no conservation benefits, while two-thirds of farmer applicants were rejected from the program in 2023. As Congress debates . . .
A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that an outsized share of the funding for the conservation program Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) financed expensive practices with little or no conservation benefits, while two-thirds of farmer applicants were rejected from the program in 2023. As Congress debates . . .