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

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

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 ...

Landowners and producers enrolled in 21.9 million acres of the Conservation Reserve Program should begin receiving $1.68 billion in annual rental payments, the Department of Agriculture said Thursday.

The Continuous CRP Program allows producers to enroll eligible highly environmentally sensitive land at any time, without waiting for a signup period or competing against other offers. USDA is ...

May 18—Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is partnering with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) to introduce a conservation reform bill that hits close to home for southeast Iowa farmers. The legislation, titled ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week the enrollment periods for agricultural producers and ...

The USDA's sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program is open now through Feb. 20. This is the first sign-up period for the general CRP program since the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill and ...

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 ...