Agri-Pulse

Bipartisan proposal would refocus Conservation Reserve Program

A bipartisan Senate bill would accelerate a shift in the Conservation Reserve Program toward grasslands and smaller, environmentally sensitive parcels and away from the larger tracts that have been ...
Agri-Pulse

CRP approaches enrollment cap as program's authority near lapse

An upland bird habitat buffer on land owned by farmer David Roehm that was part of USDA's Conservation Reserve Program in 2015. (USDA photo) USDA is accepting new applications for the Conservation ...
AgWeb

USDA’s CRP Payments Reach $1.77 Billion in 2023, Iowa Easily Tops the List of States Receiving the Most Money

USDA has allocated more than $1.77 billion this year to agricultural producers and landowners through its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). This program plays a major role in the USDA’s efforts to ...
KBIA

A federal conservation program protects her farm from erosion, but Project 2025 aims to end it

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...
The Journal

Enrollment opportunities ahead for CRP

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced several Conservation Reserve Program enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency is accepting offers ...
AG Week

Conservation Reserve Program adds new general signup through March

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Conservation Reserve Program allows landowners to make the most of their ground. Now, new landowners will have the chance to enroll in the program. During the National Pheasant ...
AgWeb

As USDA Turns to CRP to Meet Climate Goals, Research Shows 10% Cut to Corn Production Would Raise Prices by 5%

USDA announced this spring an expanded Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and upped annual payments to producers in hopes of increasing the acreage amount of environmentally sensitive land removed ...
AOL

USDA reopens signup for Continuous Conservation Reserve Program

Jan. 23—WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signup. USDA's Farm Service Agency encourages agricultural ...
katv

USDA starts Conservation reserve program registration for 2024

Junior Auxiliary to let the good times roll and raise money for Saline County kids The Junior Auxiliary of Saline County is bringing Mardi Gras to Saline County!JA will host its annual charity gala, ...
inforum

Leier: CRP has done much for North Dakota's hunting prospects

Throughout the years I have been writing, I have continued to highlight the Conservation Reserve Program - and for good reason. It's not by sheer accident that North Dakota's wildlife populations have ...
VTDigger

Vermont farmers have struggled with a federal conservation program. A new bill in Congress could help.

Produce farmer Paul Mazza gives a tour of his flood-damaged fields to state and federal officials in Essex on Monday, July 24, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Almost 18 years ago, a major flood ...