A bipartisan Senate bill would accelerate a shift in the Conservation Reserve Program toward grasslands and smaller, environmentally sensitive parcels and away from the larger tracts that have been ...

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 ...

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 plans to make major changes in the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, America's best-known agricultural conservation program. The revisions include higher payment ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

What a difference a couple of marketing years makes when it comes to CRP enrollment. In the fall of 2019, as farmers were struggling with lower commodity prices and an extremely uncertain export ...

Researchers challenge the Conservation Reserve Program status quo to mitigate fossil fuels. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 30, 2026 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 02 / 210223110729.htm ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting 2.2 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for 2026. Through CRP, USDA’s ...

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 ...