Farm Conservation and Water Protection Act of 1988

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Farm Conservation and Water Protection Act of 1988 - Title I: Low-Input Agriculture - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Sets forth the policy of the Congress and the United States regarding low-input agriculture. Defines low-input agriculture as agricultural production practices designed to improve farm profitability and minimize off-farm environmental and health risks by reducing the need for production inputs with known or potentially adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Subtitle B: Low-Input Program - Directs: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a low-input farm program whereby producers are encouraged through low-interest loans, crop insurance premium reductions, and deficiency payment adjustments to use low-input farming methods. Directs the Soil Conservation Service (Service) to develop: (1) individual farm management plans; and (2) a technical guide for low-input agriculture. Subtitle C: Low-Input Transition Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to establish a low-input transition demonstration program to assist producers of the 1989 through 1992 crops in adopting such systems for their farms. Provides with regard to such program for: (1) fiv…