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A letter obtained by Politico indicates the USDA will not open CRP acres for crop production. In a letter to the National Grain and Feed Association, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said, “Quickly converting this land to crop production is clearly unfeasible.” Vi ...

The European Commission approved a $550 million package for its farmers, who can now grow food and feed crops on fallowed land without losing they’re “greening payments.” Successful Farming said the move comes in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. EU’s Ag Commissioner ...

The Senate Agriculture Committee’s Ranking Member, John Boozman of Arkansas, wrote a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack asking for a delay in the deadline for farmers to sign up for CRP. With inflation at a 40-year high and global food prices reaching a new record last month, Boozman wants the administration and USDA to look at ways of increasing food production. “To t ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is disrupting movement of wheat, corn and other products out of that country. Some analysts say this could possibly cause some food shortages in some places. This is also bringing up the question of whether the administration might allow, on an emergency basis, several million acres of Conservation Reserve Program lands to be planted into wheat and corn ... Read M

Agricultural producers and landowners can sign up soon for the Conservation Reserve Program. The Department of Agriculture calls CRP a key tool in the Biden Administration effort to address climate change and achieve other natural resource benefits ...

USDA is leveraging its authorities under the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to bring in new types of partners and expand opportunities in voluntary conservation. In direct response to feedback from stakeholders, USDA updated the program’s rule regarding matching fund requirements, and invested in additional staff to work directly with partners. The ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $10 million in a new initiative to sample, measure, and monitor soil carbon on Conservation Reserve Program acres. The investment seeks to better quantify the climate outcomes of the program. USDA said CRP is an i ...

The USDA accepted offers for more than 2.5 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners for enrollment through this year’s Grassland Conservation Reserve Program Signup. This is double last year’s enrollment and brings the total acres enrolled across all CRP signups in 2021 to more than 5.3 million a ...

Back in 2018, Congress set the CRP acreage target at 25 million. How close is USDA to reaching that goal? "We're at 20.6 million at the end of July." And the FSA's Zach Ducheneaux said they may end the year four million short of the target ...

The Department of Agriculture has accepted 2.8 million acres in offers for enrollment into the Conservation Reserve Program in 2021. This year, almost 1.9 million acres in offers have been accepted through the General CRP Signup, and USDA’s Farm Service Agency has accepted over 897,000 acres for enrollment through the Continuous Signup. T ...