Ag Producers and Landowners Can Apply for Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 -- 9:01 AM

(Wisconsin Ag Connection) Agricultural producers and landowners can apply for the Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands signup through August 20.

According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, this year, the USDA updated signup options to provide greater incentives for producers and increase the program's conservation and climate benefits, including setting a minimum rental rate and identifying two national priority zones.

The CRP Grassland signup is competitive, and the Farm Service Agency will provide for annual rental payments for land devoted to conservation purposes.

CRP Grasslands helps landowners and operators protect grassland, including rangeland, and pastureland and certain other lands, while maintaining the areas as working grazing lands.

Protecting grasslands contributes positively to the economy of many regions, provides biodiversity of plant and animal populations, and provides important carbon sequestration benefits.

FSA has updated the Grasslands Signup to establish a minimum rental rate of $15 per acre, which will benefit 1,300 counties. Signed into law in 1985, CRP is one of the largest voluntary private-lands conservation programs in the United States.

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