I thought I had better stop in and clear this one up.

I called my local NRCS office today and this rumor is partially true. My understanding is that this will only effect projects funded through by State of Iowa, not anything funded by the U.S. Gov.
Therefore it will not effect most of you at all, and will not effect regular CRP projects, but will effect IA funded ponds, windbreaks, watershed projects, etc.

Apparently some of our fine IA gambling institutions won a lawsuit against the state regarding the taxes they were paying and that money had been used to fund conservation projects. The state has to repay millions of $$, and will not be able to honor thier contracts. So those folks affected will be S.O.L, regardless of the contracts they had entered. It will be interesting to see what the long term fall out of that breech of trust will be. This situation did not happen as a result of the war on Iraq.

If you are from IA and you have any projects in the works I would suggest calling your local office to see if you are effected.

This will not effect any of my projects but it is sad when conservation and the critters lose out to the all mighty slot machine.

Sorry for any confusion,...Timber.