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THEJpU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the operation and funding for fiscal year 1974 of the new Rural Environmental Conservation Program authorized by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and the Water Bank Program.
Total funding level for the two programs, the Department said, will be $100 million. RECP will receive $90 million and Water Bank $10 million.
RECP is a new program which carries forward some features of the old Rural Environmental Assistance Program but with increased emphasis on tree planting in States and counties to be designated. Annual cost-share agreements will be used as well as phasing-in of the title x authority in the farm act which authorizes the'Secretary to enter into longterm cost-share agreements with landowners to establish conservation practices.
These programs will help landowners establish and follow recommended permanent type conservation practices while farmers are being called on for all-out production
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