The Nation - News from July 12, 1985
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The Senate Agriculture Committee took steps virtually assuring that new farm law will contain some of the strongest soil-conservation provisions in years, voting to ban federal aid to farmers who cultivate highly erodible land. The panel voted to set up a long-term reserve of up to 30 million acres--5 million more than in the House version--by paying farmers to remove their most erosive land from production. Agriculture Department officials estimate that as much as 53 million acres of cropland could qualify for the reserve immediately.
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