摘要：Earlier this year, some Washington producers got a shock whenthey went to renew their Conservation Reserve Project (CRP) contracts. The rates had changed, and in many cases, not for the better.One farmer in Franklin County reported that his rate dropped bymore than $20 per acre. In Asotin County, farmers saw their ratesdrop by more than half from last year.The cause appeared to be twofold. First, the Farm Service Agency(FSA) changed their soil rental rates, but not all Washington countyrates went down. Some even went up from last year (see Chart 1).The second change, and the one that might have hit harder, wasthe FSA’s change in their soil productivity factors.
