delayed a rule requiring each farm to set aside 4% of its
usable farmland for protection of wildlife and the soil.
It is safe to delay this, but in the long term such protection is
absolutely necessary to avoid disaster. I suggest phasing it in,
perhaps introducing the rule by increments of 0.5% each year. After 8
years of that, it will reach 4%, but by going slowly it will give
markets time to adjust.