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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...