§ 2-5-3. Formulation of plans — Purposes and contents.
The department is authorized, empowered, and directed to formulate and submit to the
secretary of agriculture in conformity with the provisions of the soil conservation
and domestic allotment act, a state plan. It shall be the purpose of each plan and
each plan shall be designed to promote any utilization of land and any farming practices
that the department finds will tend, in conjunction with the operation of any other
plans that may be approved for other states by the secretary of agriculture, to preserve
and improve soil fertility; to promote the economic use and conservation of land;
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§ 2-5-3. Formulation of plans — Purposes and contents.
The department is authorized, empowered, and directed to formulate and submit to the
secretary of agriculture in conformity with the provisions of the soil conservation
and domestic allotment act, a state plan. It shall be the purpose of each plan and
each plan shall be designed to promote any utilization of land and any farming practices
that the department finds will tend, in conjunction with the operation of any other
plans that may be approved for other states by the secretary of agriculture, to preserve
and improve soil fertility; to promote the economic use and conservation of land;
to diminish exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of natural soil resources;
to protect rivers and waterways against the results of soil erosion and aid in flood
control; and to perform any other functions as may be defined in subsection (a) of
§ 7 of the soil conservation and domestic allotment act, 16 U.S.C. § 590g. Each plan shall provide for adjustments and utilization of land, and in farming
practices through agreements with producers or through other voluntary methods, and
for benefit payments in connection with these agreements or voluntary methods, and
for any reports the secretary of agriculture finds necessary for the effective administration
of the plan, and for ascertaining whether the plan is being carried out according
to its terms.