General sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program started Monday and will remain open through April 7. “CRP has and continues to be a great fit for farmers with less productive or marginal cropland ...

An upland bird habitat buffer on Conservation Reserve Program acreage. (USDA photo) USDA is accepting new applications for the Conservation Reserve Program but high enrollment over the past few years ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today USDA will open CRP enrollment with higher payment rates, new incentives and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation.

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 ...

USDA has announced a sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program in 2025 that will extend from now until June 6 at local Farm Service Agency offices. The current CRP sign-up period will be for ...

Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) found that transitioning land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to bioenergy agriculture can be ...

There are good reasons to stay in CRP in at least a modified format. The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service Task Force on CRP has developed a series of publications that will help farmers ...

Wildfires can create immediate forage shortages for livestock producers. One USDA tool that may help address these shortages is emergency haying and grazing authority on Conservation Reserve Program ...

NOTE: This column is copyrighted material; therefore reproduction or retransmission is prohibited under U.S. copyright laws. The 24-million-acre cap for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for ...