The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially launched the 2026 enrollment periods for its flagship conservation initiative, the Conservation Reserve Program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brad Johnson hunts for pheasants with his dog, Frisco, on Conservation Reserve Program land near Brookings in 2024. (Courtesy of ...

The sign-up period for landowners to enroll eligible farmland in the Continuous CRP program is Feb. 12 through March 20, 2026.

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to improve the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Proposed changes include raising the maximum annual payment for landowners from $50,000 to $125,000 and providing ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the enrollment periods for agricultural producers and landowners to submit offers for the Continuous and General ...

An upland bird habitat buffer on Conservation Reserve Program acreage. (USDA photo) The Agriculture Department on Thursday announced opening dates for continuous and general signups for the ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that enrollment periods for the Continuous and General Conservation Reserve Program will open later this month, offering agricultural ...

A dragonfly rests on a blade of prairie grass in western South Dakota. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Majority Leader John Thune of South ...