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CRP Enrollment Announced

Published May 12, 2025

The Farm Service Agency is accepting offers for both the general and continuous Conservation Reserve Program sign-up through June 6. USDA only has 1.8 million acres available for CRP enrollment before it hits the statutory 27 million-acre cap.

Record Grasslands CRP Sign-up

Published July 21, 2023

The Grassland Conservation Reserve program received a record-setting signup of 4.6 million acres in offers. FSA Acting Deputy Administrator John Berge says 2.7 acres are being accepted into the program. "That's the highest number of acres offered in the history…

CRP Acreage Tops Out

Published May 23, 2023

The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to evaluate the effectiveness of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency. FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux stressed the importance of the CRP program. In 2022, 5.1 million acres entered into CRP.…

CRP Enrollment Period Opens Next Week

Published February 17, 2023

North Dakota Farm Service Agency Executive Director Marcy Svenningsen says this enrollment includes both new and expiring Conservation Reserve Program offers. Even with high commodity prices, Svenningsen feels there’s still value in putting land into CRP. "The FSA introduced a…

Grassland CRP Enrollment Reaches New High

Published July 15, 2022

USDA is accepting offers for more than 3.1 million acres from farmers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program Grassland Signup. This is the highest number of offers to date. This year’s Grassland CRP Signup surpasses last year’s…

Vilsack Offers CRP Details

Published April 7, 2022

Out of four million acres of expiring contracts, only 1.8 million will be re-enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. Over half of the maturing acres were not offered in the general signup. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the data proves…

Conservation Reserve Program Sign-Up Open

Published January 31, 2022

Sign-up opens on Monday, January 31 and runs through March 11 for the Conservation Reserve Program. "We hope to build on the growing enrollment we had last year in the program," said Zach Ducheneaux, administrator, Farm Service Agency. General CRP helps…

Grassland CRP Enrollment Tops 2.5 Million

Published September 13, 2021

More than 2.5 million acres of grassland have been signed up for the Conservation Reserve Program. This is double last year’s enrollment and brings total CRP acres to more than 5.3 million. FSA accepted 2,250 acres of grasslands for CRP…

Haying/Grazing Updates Require Farm Bill Change

Published August 5, 2021

Livestock producers in the severe to extreme drought areas of western Minnesota were hoping to hay available Conservation Reserve Program ground, but some are finding themselves in a frustrating situation. As farmers go into their local FSA office for the…

Livestock Producers Face Roadblocks as CRP Haying/Grazing Opens

Published August 3, 2021

This is the first week farmers and ranchers are eligible to hay and graze Conservation Reserve Program acres in the Dakotas and Minnesota, but program provisions are making this more challenging. Minnesota Farm Service Agency Acting Administrator Michelle Page explains…

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CRP Enrollment Announced

Record Grasslands CRP Sign-up

CRP Acreage Tops Out

CRP Enrollment Period Opens Next Week

Grassland CRP Enrollment Reaches New High

Vilsack Offers CRP Details

Conservation Reserve Program Sign-Up Open

Grassland CRP Enrollment Tops 2.5 Million

Haying/Grazing Updates Require Farm Bill Change

Livestock Producers Face Roadblocks as CRP Haying/Grazing Opens

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