Now Is The Time To Plan For 2027 CRP Enrollment

Even with USDA Conservation Reserve Program payments for this year going out and acreage enrollment near its cap of 27 million acres, Agriculture Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce said it's not too early for producers and landowners to consider CRP acreage enrollment for next year.

“Every year we will have acres that have went the length of their contract," Fordyce noted.  "And so we'll have additional space once those contracts expire. There'll always be a little gap between where the cap and what available acres are because of those contracts that are expiring.”

Fordyce says 2.2 million acres were accepted for CRP this year through its general continuous and grassland components, with USDA issuing $1.8 billion in CRP rental payments.  He added the top five states for CRP payments are Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Missouri.

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