Farmers interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can sign up for the popular program started yesterday and will run until Feb. 12, 2021.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the signup periods for the Conservation Reserve Program and the CRP Grasslands in 2021.
Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands signup beginning March 16.
The deadline for agricultural producers to sign up for general CRP is February 28, 2020, while signup for continuous CRP is ongoing.
Starting June 3, FSA will be accepting applications for continuous Conservation Reserve Program signup and will offer extensions for expiring CRP contracts.
USDA announced that effective immediately, emergency grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres is approved in Iowa through May 14, 2019.
Farmers have just over a week to get eligible land enrolled in the CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) this year. Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce reminded producers that the deadline to sign up is Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. “Any agricultural producer that has eligible land should review the benefits of this program,” said Fordyce. […]
As part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, the USDA will resume accepting applications for the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Eligible farmers, ranchers, and private landowners can sign up at their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office between June 4 and Aug. […]
Late last week, Iowa’s Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as well as Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) introduced the Give our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act or GROW Act. The act would maintain funding and acreage levels for the farm bill’s three largest conservation programs: the Conservation […]
More than $9.6 billion in USDA farm safety net payments will soon be made to many producers affected by drought, wildfires, and hurricanes through the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), and Conservation Reserve (CRP) programs. The USDA is issuing approximately $8 billion in payments under the ARC and PLC programs for the […]