Home Farm Policy Menu Making Sense of Federal Programs Conservation Farm Option (CFO) Sustainable Farming Connection Where farmers find and share information. Making Sense of Federal Programs: Conservation Farm Option (CFO) The Conservation Farm Option (CFO) is a pilot program available to wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice farmers who have signed production flexibility contracts. It is designed to foster innovation in natural resource protection and enhancement, including soil and water conservation, water quality improvement, wetlands restoration or protection, wildlife habitat, and other similar conservation purposes. CFO is intended to consolidate various USDA conservation contracts and payments into a single, ten-year contract, that will allow flexibility and innovation in meeting a variety of natural resource needs in an integrated fashion. CFO will be administered as a competitive grants program. Top of Page Next: Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) Home Farm Policy Menu Making Sense of Federal Programs Conservation Farm Option (CFO) ©1997 Committee for Sustainable Farm Publishing Please read about our usage permission policy and disclaimer. Send comments, suggestions and questions to the site author: Craig Cramer cdcramer@clarityconnect.com Coded using HoTMetaL Pro 3.0. Best viewed in Netscape 3.0 or later. Please see our credits page for more information. http://sunsite.unc.edu/farming-connection/farmpoli/features/makesens/cfo.htm