At 62, This Farmer Found a Social Security Tax Break Hidden Inside His USDA Conservation Checks.
A farmer in his early 60s enrolls 300 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative that pays annual rent to take environmentally sensitive ground out of production. He remains active on the rest of the farm, still files Schedule F, and is weighing when to claim Social Security.
On his tax return,