Max Armstrong shares insight on the work of USDA during the coronavirus crisis. The agency announced that has accepted 3.4 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program. Max shares details of how the program works and what it means to farmers and ranchers who participate. The program has been in place for 35 years.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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