CRP Re-Enrollments and Extensions Made for Eligible Producers in 2007
Farm Service Agency county offices will begin notifying certain CRP participants by mail if they are eligible for re-enrollments or two- to five-year extensions.
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Published: Jan 31, 2006
Starting Tuesday USDA began notifying certain agricultural producers with Conservation Reserve Program contracts expiring in 2007 that they may extend or re-enroll their contracts.
Approximately 16 million acres subject to CRP contracts expire in 2007. Farm Service Agency county offices will begin notifying certain CRP participants by mail with expiring contracts in 2007 if they are eligible for re-enrollments or two- to five-year extensions. Participants eligible for re-enrollment will be offered a 10- or 15-year contract provided there are restored wetlands on the original land enrolled in the contract. Fifteen-year contracts expiring Sept. 30, 2007, are not eligible for extension.
USDA also says a general CRP sign-up will be held this spring. Farmers and ranchers will be able to make offers for CRP's competitive general sign-up from March 27, 2006, through April 14, 2006, at their local FSA offices. Offers for general sign-up will be evaluated based on five environmental factors (wildlife, water, soil, air and enduring benefits) and cost.
"President Bush stated that he is committed to fully utilizing the 39.2 million-acre enrollment authority under CRP," says Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns.
For more information on CRP, contact your local FSA office or visit the FSA Web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/crp.htm.
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