In Focus: The Conservation Reserve Program

With the Farm Bill gaining momentum in Congress, one of its cornerstone programs is set to be reauthorized: the Conservation Reserve Program. This program, run by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), allows landowners to retire environmentally sensitive farmland for conservation purposes. In this In Focus video, Fellow Yanjun (Penny) Liao talks about her recent research on how well the Conservation Reserve Program achieves its purposes and how the program provides cross-cutting benefits to local economies and environmental quality.