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.

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA will enroll more than 800,000 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) this year, while expressing hope that Congress will ...

A mallard's nest is tucked away in tall grass in a North Dakota field rented by the Conservation Reserve Program. An abandoned church in North Dakota. Critics of the CRP blame the program for putting ...

Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam on Thursday announced that beginning Jan. 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer an early termination opportunity for certain ...

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program is now 30 years old. With the stroke of a pen on Dec. 23, 1985, President Ronald Reagan committed the nation to a program that removed ...

DES MOINES — Iowa land owners can help restore habitat for declining grassland birds, migratory birds, butterflies and pollinators through a new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) initiative that ...

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 ...