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Record Landowner Demand for CRP met with Extraordinarily Low Acceptance Rate

CRP general sign-up generated more than 1.8 million acres in offers, but was only able to accept 23 percent of the 26,000 landowner applications because of the 24 million acre cap.

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Disturbing Your Habitat is Good

Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program is improved through mid-contract management activities-basically causing a disturbance to the cover...

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CRP General Sign-Up Announced for Legendary Program’s 30th Anniversary Year

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up will be held Dec. 1, 2015, through Feb. 26, 2016.

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Continuous CRP SAFE Signups Offer Landowners Critical Upland Habitat in 2015

While a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup hasn't been scheduled for 2015, farmers and landowners do have current opportunities to explore eligibility in one of the many Continuous.....

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Pheasants Forever Chapter Offers Cash CRP Signing Bonus

The chapter will pay landowners $50 per acre for up to 10 acres, and for those enrolling more than 10 acres, $75 per acre...

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Pheasant Hunting Forecast 2012

While the drought of 2012 will make its impact felt on pheasant populations in the central Great Plains, pheasant hunters in the Upper Midwest can expect bird numbers to be much improved from last year...

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Millions of Acres Secured Via Conservation Reserve Program

The enrollment of almost 4 million acres of privately owned agricultural lands in the federal Conservation Reserve Program promises to bolster fish and wildlife populations, aid landowners and boost the economy...

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Ducks Unlimited Applauds 2012 Farm Bill Committee Passage

The bipartisan Farm Bill maintains a strong conservation title, including the Conservation Reserve Program, a conservation easement program with a strong wetland component, a regional partnership program aimed at improving water quality, and a Sodsaver provision...

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Pheasants Forever Adds CRP Landowner Workshop in Sioux Falls SD

Abundant CRP grassland habitat in South Dakota has helped maintain the state’s status as the nation’s top pheasant producing state, but the state has lost more than a quarter of its CRP acreage since 2007...

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Conservation Reserve Program Signup to Begin

The loss of participation in CRP in the past five years is one of the reasons for the 46 percent decline in last year’s pheasant population...

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Sportsmen Commend New USDA Initiative Aimed at Restoring Grasslands & Wetlands

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative enabling private landowners to enroll lands in the Conservation Reserve Program, including 1 million acres in CRP measures to conserve grasslands and wetlands...

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