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 ...

First authorized in the 1985 Farm Bill, CRP continues to have an important role on farms and ranches across the country.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Conservation Reserve Program allows landowners to make the most of their ground. Now, new landowners will have the chance to enroll in the program. During the National Pheasant ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The United States Department of Agriculture announced it is set to start accepting applications from agriculture producers and private landowners for the Conservation Reserve Program ...

USDA announced this spring an expanded Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and upped annual payments to producers in hopes of increasing the acreage amount of environmentally sensitive land removed ...

ST. PAUL – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has announced a new general signup period for the Conservation Reserve Program, beginning Monday, Feb. 27, and continuing through ...