Before revision: The Environmental Benefits Index is an index that has been used by the FSA Farm Service Agency of the USDA, since 1990 to rank farmers’ requests to enroll land into the Conservation Reserve Program during each general sign-up period.
After revision: The Environmental Benefits Index is an index that has been used by the FSA Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture since 1990 to rank farmers’ requests to enroll land into the Conservation Reserve Program during each general sign-up period.