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USDA Issues CRP Payments

10/20/2020

 

District contact for CRP is:   manager@polkswcd.com

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing $1.68 billion in payments to agricultural producers and landowners for the 21.9 million acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which provides annual rental payments for land devoted to conservation purposes.
Through CRP, farmers and ranchers establish long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as approved grasses or trees, to control soil erosion, improve water quality, and enhance wildlife habitat on cropland. Farmers and ranchers who participate in CRP help provide numerous benefits to the nation’s environment and economy.

Signed into law in 1985, CRP is one of the largest private-lands conservation programs in the United States. It was originally intended to primarily control soil erosion and potentially stabilize commodity prices by taking marginal lands out of production. The program has evolved over the years, providing many conservation and economic benefits. The program marks its 35-year anniversary this December. Program successes include:
  • Preventing more than 9 billion tons of soil from eroding, which is enough soil to fill 600 million dump trucks;
  • Reducing nitrogen and phosphorous runoff relative to annually tilled cropland by 95 and 85 percent, respectively;
  • Sequestering an annual average of 49 million tons of greenhouse gases, equal to taking 9 million cars off the road;
  • Creating more than 3 million acres of restored wetlands while protecting more than 175,000 stream miles with riparian forest and grass buffers, which is enough to go around the world seven times; and
  • Benefiting bees and other pollinators and increasing populations of ducks, pheasants, turkey, bobwhite quail, prairie chickens, grasshopper sparrows, and many other birds.   
  • For more information on CRP, visit fsa.usda.gov or contact your local FSA county office.   
  • CRP participants with contracts effective beginning on October 1, 2020, will receive their first annual rental payment in October 2021.
  • The successes of CRP contribute to USDA’s Agriculture Innovation Agenda and its goal of reducing the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture by half by 2050. Earlier this year, Secretary Perdue announced the department-wide initiative to align resources, programs, and research to position American agriculture to better meet future global demands.
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  • Home
  • Our District
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Commitees
    • History
    • Minutes and Agendas
    • Newsletters
    • Operational Documents
    • News & Announcements
  • Assistance
  • PROGRAMS
    • Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) Grant Programs
    • Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
    • Oak Woodland & Savanna Restoration
    • Successful Projects
    • Polk Manure Exchange
    • Claudia Chinook
  • Events
    • District and Community Events
    • Native Plant Sale
    • Past Meetings
  • Resources
    • Agriculture >
      • Oregon’s Agricultural Water Quality Program
      • Small Farms >
        • SOIL CONSERVATION
        • Livestock
        • Organic Operations
    • Forestry >
      • Conifer Focused Forestry
      • Oak Woodland Management
    • Invasive Species >
      • IMap Invasives
      • A-List Priority Weeds
      • The "B" Rated Weeds
      • Aquatic Animal Invaders
      • Reed Canary Grass info
      • Medusahead
      • Biological controls for noxious weeds in Oregon
    • Wildlife >
      • Save Salmon : No Spray Buffers
    • Water Conservation >
      • Conserving Water on the Farm and Around the Home
      • Drinking Water Source Protection and Wells
    • Partners