After Eight Month Hiatus, Wisconsin Farmers Can Enroll in Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Again
Thursday, June 27th, 2019 -- 7:37 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -After an eight-month hiatus, enrollment in Wisconsin's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program is open once again.CREP is one component of the federal Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP. Enrollment was suspended last October when the federal fiscal year ended without a new farm bill. CREP offers both state and federal incentives to landowners who install conservation practices along waterways. There is no minimum acreage, and adjacent land can remain in production. Landowners can enroll under a 15-year contract, or a perpetual easement.
In return for payments, landowners plant grass filter strips or tree and shrub buffers between water and farmland, install grass waterways, or restore wetlands. These practices stop water and allow it to seep into the soil and subsoil, reducing nutrient runoff and flood damage to farmland.
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