tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post2314177037633130090..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-39347784875045825422009-12-14T21:52:52.682-06:002009-12-14T21:52:52.682-06:00From 2005 to 2008, I worked for a fertilizer deale...From 2005 to 2008, I worked for a fertilizer dealer in southern Iowa, about 40 miles SE of Des Moines. As a company, we covered territory all the way down to the Missouri border. The two tiers of counties along the Missouri border were very hilly and had light soils; mainly good for pasture and hay. A lot of it was in the CRP and was used for nothing. There was some resentment of the CRP in the area; locals did not like the fact that it was out of production, and often blamed the CRP for the loss of rural jobs, the desertion of rural towns, and for the general lack of economic activity in the area. I'm pretty sure any program that attempts to take 20% of active farmland out of production won't even make it off the drawing board.Jim D.noreply@blogger.com