§3833

section 3833 provides that in return for the contract entered into by an owner or operator of land, the Secretary of Agriculture will make "annual rental payments" in the amount necessary to compensate for "the conversion of highly erodible cropland normally devoted to the production of an agricultural commodity on a fa

16 U.S.C. sec. 3833(2) (2012) provides that the annual "rental" payment is intended to e mpensate owners and operators for "(A) the conversion ofhighly erodible cropland normally devoted to the production ofan agricultural commodity on a farm or :anch to a less intensive use; and (B) the retirement ofany cropland base and allotment

Petitioner’s Enrollment in the CRP and the CRP Contracts In 1997 petitioner submitted applications to the USDA, offering for enrollment in the CRP the tillable land on the Grant County property as well as the remaining 191 acres of the Roberts County property. In 1997 the Grant County and Roberts County Farm Service Agency (FSA) offic