> In agriculture the USGOV is literally paying farmers NOT to farm in some areas.
If unfarmed land provides a benefit to the public and it costs the landowner money to provide that benefit, how is that different than the government contracting to provide any other service to the public?
If unfarmed land provides a benefit to the public and it costs the landowner money to provide that benefit, how is that different than the government contracting to provide any other service to the public?