Farm land

The US Department of Agriculture has a program called Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) where farmers are paid to set aside land meaning they will not plant. In 2021, CRP is capped at 25 million acres, and currently 20.8 million acres are enrolled. Furthermore, the cap will gradually increase to 27 million acres by 2023. Ukraine has 100 million acres of farm land so the US could make up 25% of that just by opening up the set aside land. There is also five million acres of less productive land in the SHIPP program that could be opened up to planting. Since the experts predict a severe food shortage this could be a matter of life and death.