[PCA] NEWS: Crops winning out over conservation for some landowners

[Olivia Kwong]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gU5IspMJXB36WpRKU3gNB8zBWBuQD90C13LG0

Crops winning out over conservation for some landowners
By JAMES MacPHERSON == 1 day ago

LINTON, N.D. (AP) == A portion of Ernie Roehrich's farm hasn't been plowed 
for two decades: It's part of a federal program that pays landowners to 
idle land for conservation.

Payments from the Conservation Reserve Program have helped during lean 
times. And wildlife -- especially pheasants -- have flourished on his 
century-old family farm in south central North Dakota.

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