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USDA Issues CRP Payments

Published December 3, 2025

After a delay by the government shutdown, Conservation Reserve Program rental payments have gone out. Those payments are typically made in mid-October. South Dakota has 2.6 million acres enrolled in CRP with payments valued at $145.5 million. Minnesota has over…

Farm Groups Push for New Comprehensive Farm Bill

Published September 15, 2025

Over 260 farm groups sent a letter and visited Capitol Hill last week, pressing congressional leaders to advance a new comprehensive farm bill. While some agricultural provisions were included in recent spending measures, the coalition emphasized that they cannot replace…

Thune, Klobuchar Call for More Flexibility in CRP Contracts

Published August 1, 2025

Legislation has been introduced in the Senate to make changes to the Conservation Reserve Program. South Dakota Senator John Thune and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar introduced similar bills in the past. It would provide more flexibility for emergency haying on…

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CRP Nears 27 Million Acre Cap

Published August 20, 2024

The Agriculture Department is accepting offers for more than 2.2 million acres through this year’s Grassland, General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signup. With this announcement, enrollment is approaching the 27 million acreage CRP cap.

CRP Update Sought

Published May 8, 2024

Minnesota Congressman Brad Finstad has introduced legislation to modernize the Conservation Reserve Program. The bill calls for science-based soil metrics to direct CRP acres to the most vulnerable acres. It also provides farmers and landowners with the tools to protect…

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Emergency Haying and Grazing Authorized

Published March 26, 2024

USDA is taking action to assist livestock producers impacted by the recent wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. To provide forage to these farmers and ranchers, the Agriculture Department has authorized the release of emergency haying and grazing of Conservation…

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CRP Enrollment Underway

Published March 5, 2024

The latest Conservation Reserve Program general signup is underway through March 29. Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux announced the enrollment at the National Pheasant Fest in Sioux Falls. Landowners enrolled 926,000 acres in the same program last year bringing…

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Sign Up for CRP

Published January 12, 2024

The Agriculture Department has reopened the application process for the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program. Farmers can also re-enroll the CRP acres that expire this year.

USDA Issues Nearly $2 Billion in CRP Payments

Published October 17, 2023

USDA is issued nearly $1.8 billion in Conservation Reserve Program payments this year. More than 667,000 landowners receive payments for conservation efforts on 23 million acres of private land. Iowa is the top state for CRP payments, followed by Illinois,…

The Threat of Losing Good Farm Ground to CRP

Published August 3, 2023

Dozens of farm and food leaders testified during the House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Listening Session at Farmfest. Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing kicked off the session with a question about CRP. "It certainly is a good program on those…

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USDA Issues CRP Payments

Farm Groups Push for New Comprehensive Farm Bill

Thune, Klobuchar Call for More Flexibility in CRP Contracts

CRP Nears 27 Million Acre Cap

CRP Update Sought

Emergency Haying and Grazing Authorized

CRP Enrollment Underway

Sign Up for CRP

USDA Issues Nearly $2 Billion in CRP Payments

The Threat of Losing Good Farm Ground to CRP

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