USDA has announced a sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program in 2025 that will extend from now until June 6 at local Farm Service Agency offices. The current CRP sign-up period will be for ...

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 has announced several Conservation Reserve Program enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency is accepting offers ...

On September 25, 2024, USDA’s Acting Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs issued a Notice to all Farm Service Agency (FSA) State and County Offices, directing them to cease processing and/or ...

An upland bird habitat buffer on land owned by farmer David Roehm that was part of USDA's Conservation Reserve Program in 2015. (USDA photo) USDA is accepting new applications for the Conservation ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, introduced legislation recently to improve a federal conservation program with changes including a higher ...