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Trump budget would undo gains from conservation programs on farms and ranches

  • Written by Ashley Dayer, Assistant Professor of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech
Texas farmer Taylor Wilcox received USDA funding to flood his fallow rice fields, creating habitat for black-necked stilts and other birds.USDA, CC BY

Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are starting to shape the 2018 farm bill – a comprehensive food and agriculture bill passed about every five years. Most observers...

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