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 cropland ...

Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam on Thursday announced that beginning Jan. 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer an early termination opportunity for certain ...

The Agriculture Department is shifting the way it promotes the Conservation Reserve Program, placing greater emphasis on allowing farmers to use enrolled land for haying and grazing, according to ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today USDA will open CRP enrollment with higher payment rates, new incentives and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation.

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

If you're familiar with U.S. production agriculture, you know that the Conservation Reserve Program has seen a massive decline in enrolled acres. Now, a new government report provides more information ...