A bipartisan Senate bill would accelerate a shift in the Conservation Reserve Program toward grasslands and smaller, environmentally sensitive parcels away from the larger tracts that have been ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, introduced legislation recently to improve a federal conservation program with changes including a higher ...

Conservation Reserve Program enrollment is open until June 6 This year marks the 40th anniversary of the CRP program. Find out more about the programs and when to sign up, here.

Conservation Reserve Program adds new general signup through March On March 2, the USDA announced that through March 29, landowners can enroll their land as CRP acres.

Enrollment of more than 800,000 acres of land into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), including 411,000 acres via general signup 49, another 364,000 acres under continuous signup efforts and ...

General sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program started Monday and will remain open through April 7. “CRP has and continues to be a great fit for farmers with less productive or marginal ...

Farmers and conservation organizations welcomed the additional funding for some conservation programs President Donald Trump signed into law this summer. But they also worry there won’t be enough ...

One of the nation's most important federal farm programs could be taking a major hit. A proposal to chop millions of acres from the Conservation Reserve Program worries a lot of area residents, at ...

Tweaks to the Conservation Reserve Program would maximize environmental benefits, the investigative arm of Congress said in a report.

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) aims to provide farmers the information needed to maintain their personal environment and also the wildlife habitat.

The Department of Agriculture is boosting enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program but being less stringent on environmental measurements.

Agricultural producers impacted by drought can request haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program acres in certain Maine counties, while still receiving their full rental payment for the ...