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N.D. FSA announces CRP signup 43 results

Fargo, N.D. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that it will accept 3.9 million acres offered nationwide under Farm Service Agency's 43rd Conservation Reserve Program general signup. In North Dakota, 190 thousand acres were accepted into CRP.

By North Dakota Farm Service Agency , May 30, 2012

Wildlife habitat: here today, gone tomorrow?

WATERTOWN, S.D. — When I was a youngster growing up in Watertown, S.D., during the Soil Bank Program days in the late 1950s and early 1960s, we could go out at noon and easily have our pheasant limit and be back in a half hour to watch the Vikings game.

By Gary Howey , April 30, 2012

A CRP of North Dakota's own

The Greenway’s opening marked a turning point in the history of the neighboring cities of Grand Forks, N.D., and East Grand Forks, Minn. The miles-long riverfront park features paved bike trails, Frisbee golf, cross-country ski trails and pedestrian bridges across the Red River.

By Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald , April 16, 2012

NGFA urges CRP reduction

WASHINGTON — The National Grain and Feed Association is urging the Senate Agriculture Committee to make dramatic changes to reduce the size of the Conservation Reserve Program, which is currently authorized to pay farmers to idle up to 32 million acres of farmland.

By Jerry Hagstrom , April 09, 2012

CRP general sign-up deadline extended

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administrator Bruce Nelson today announced that the sign-up deadline for the Conservation Reserve Program has been extended to April 13.

By USDA-FSA , April 04, 2012

EWG: tie conservation to crop insurance

WASHINGTON — Congress should attach conservation compliance requirements to subsidized crop insurance in the next farm bill but should only use the lowering of the farmer premium subsidy as a penalty for those who do not comply rather than making farmers ineligible for coverage, Environmental Working Group officials said March 15.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 26, 2012

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CRP signup deadline April 6

By Agweek staff and wire reports , March 26, 2012

Tying conservation to crop insurance

OMAHA, Neb. — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in Omaha, Neb., on March 5 that the Obama administration wants to provide incentives for farmers to follow good conservation practices, rather than tying conservation compliance to subsidized crop insurance.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 12, 2012

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SDPUC to hold revocation hearing on Anderson Seed

By Agweek Staff and Wire Reports , March 12, 2012

NRCS chief commends conservation title

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is pleased with the farm bill conservation title that the agriculture committees sent to the supercommittee in charge of deficit reduction and is unlikely to take a position on whether conservation compliance should be tied to crop insurance, a key U.S. Department of Agriculture official said Feb. 28.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 05, 2012

USDA announces CRP general sign-up

WASHINGTON — Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up, beginning on March 12 and ending on April 6.

By U.S. Department of Agriculture , February 01, 2012

CRP and wildlife: 'Where has it all gone?'

CRP and wildlife: 'Where has it all gone?' Loss of CRP, increased crop production and looming winter herald tougher times for North Dakota wildlife and poorer prospects for hunters
After three severe winters that hammered both deer and pheasants, North Dakota is down to about 2.5 million acres of land in the Conservation Reserve Program, with contracts on another 800,000 acres set to expire next September.

By Brad Dokken , December 11, 2011

N.D. ranks fourth in nation in CRP acres

Only three states have more land than North Dakota enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program, set up two decades ago to pay farmers competitive rentals to put, generally, erodible land into grass for environmental reasons as well as to lower crop production, thus putting upward pressure on crop prices.

By Stephen J. Lee , November 04, 2009

3 million acres taken out of conservation program

3 million acres taken out of conservation program More than 3.4 million acres nationwide were taken out of the program in September when the owners' contracts expired. Most of them were in Texas, Colorado and Kansas, but hundreds of thousands of acres also came out in Montana and the Dakotas.

By Roxana Hegeman , November 04, 2009

USDA announces $1.7 billion in CRP payments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue $1.7 billion in conservation reserve program rental payments in 2010.

By U.S. Dept. of Agriculture , October 13, 2009

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