Twenty-five counties across North Dakota are currently eligible for emergency haying and grazing of CRP ground. State FSA Conservation and Livestock Program Director Wanda Braton says county committees determine whether emergency haying and grazing is needed. Any county that hits D2 drought status according to the U.S. Drought Monitor for a one-week period can be eligible for emergency haying and grazing. “County committees have to determine whether there’s forage needs in any eligible county.” This will provide producers an opportunity to make up for lost forages. Braton notes hay bales must be removed from CRP land before any permanent damage is done to the underlying forages, but the previous 15-day timeline is gone.
