USDA Accepts Nearly 1.8 Million Acres Through 2025 Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment

On September 17, USDA announced acceptance of 1.78 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through 2025 General, Continuous, Grassland, and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program enrollments. 

According to USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), about 25.8 million acres are currently enrolled in CRP, the agency’s flagship conservation program through which landowners, farmers, and ranchers voluntarily convert marginal or unproductive cropland into vegetative cover that improves water quality, prevents erosion, restores wildlife habitat and, in the case of Grassland CRP, enables participants to conserve grasslands while also continuing most grazing and haying practices. 

For more information, view the press release here.