Environmental group sues over LBL farm subsidies

CBS News; 12/5/2011
Excerpt:   “(AP)  LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
An environmental group is suing a pair of Kentucky farmers over subsidies they received over a two-year period for growing corn and soybeans in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in western Kentucky.
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics wants a judge to order farmers Kerry Underhill and Bobby Cunningham to pay between $5,500 and $11,000 per day for each day they received subsidies for farming the land without a valid lease from the U.S. Forest Service. The Oregon-based environmental group also wants an injunction stopping the farmers from filing for further subsidies without a lease with the government…..”

Read more at  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57336864/environmental-group-sues-over-lbl-farm-subsidies/

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