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

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 Agriculture Department is shifting the way it promotes the Conservation Reserve Program, placing greater emphasis on allowing farmers to use enrolled land for haying and grazing, according to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The loss of more than half of the acres of land in a popular conservation program in North Dakota has triggered what Eric Lindstrom, government affairs representative for Ducks Unlimited in North ...

With Congress set to debate a new farm bill next year, there have been calls to either eliminate or dramatically reduce the Conservation Reserve Program to increase the number of acres for commodity ...

LE SUEUR, Minn. -- Barrel-chested sharpshooters and dozens of dark-suited Secret Service agents seemed out of place next to a century-old farmhouse with peeling white paint, but in a casual blue work ...

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced an open sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program through Feb. 20. This will be the first sign-up period for the General CRP program ...