I'm posting this link because I think this story, by Mike Malloy of the AMES TRIBUNE, does a good job of explaining these issues.  I also appreciate the TRIBUNE giving this story front-page status.  
 
I have yet to hear an actual valid reason for not tying conservation compliance to (generously) subsidized crop insurance.   There are no valid reasons given in the story below.
 
  http://amestrib.com/sections/news/politics/dust-wind-and-water.html
 

Cindy Hildebrand
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Ames, IA 50010

"Even with insects -
some can sing,
some can't."
(Kobayashi Issa)
 
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