USDA opens another CRP sign-up

The United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Friday announced a general sign-up this year for landowners who would like to enroll or re-enroll land in the Conservation Reserve Program.

The sign-up begins March 14 and runs through April 14.

General CRP accounts for enrollment of entire fields while continuous CRP is used for targeted areas of particular high risk of environmental impact – areas like hilltops and stream beds.

With CRP, landowners receive payments under long-term contracts to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production.

The general CRP sign-up wil...