1.   It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.

2.   Paying farmers to do nothing is degrading both to the producer and to the environment, argued Patrick Holden.

3.   Local farmers have been paid for giving the developers the right to buy their land if the plan is approved.

4.   And a lot of land fell fallow when the federal government started paying farmers not to farm, he says.

5.   Another program is aimed at preventing erosion, and pays farmers to take some of their land out of production and grow grass or trees on it.

6.   As prices fell, the government bought grain or paid farmers to store it, creating a price floor.

7.   At the center of both bills is the Depression-era program that pays farmers to grow corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton and rice.

8.   At the top level, farmers would be paid to develop a comprehensive plan for conserving land, as well as water and air.

9.   Besides subsidizing basic supplies, the state used to pay farmers more for their products than they sold for at the store.

10.   A second proposal was to pay opium farmers to plow under their fields.