ABSTRACT
A gricultural policy has traditionally been concerned with the maintenance and stability of farm incom e, and the provision of a stable food supply at low relative prices. The F o o d Security A ct of 1985 was the first farm legislation to directly tie farm incom e and environm ental concerns through the Conservation Reserve Program , conservation com - pliance, sodbuster, and swampbuster provisions. The coordination of conservation and farm incom e policies contributed to com - m odity supply control by reducing the availability of arable land, and it prom oted environm ental quality by removing some highly erodible land and wetlands from crop production.
