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CRP signup
has begun
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will open a ninth sign-up period July 17 through Aug. 4 for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
To enroll in the program, farmers must submit bids indicating the per acre rental payment they would accept to keep their land out of crop production and into conserving uses for 10 years, according to Linda Henry, executive director of the Rappahannock County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Applicants must also provide a cropping history for 1981 through 1985.
In addtion to highly erodible cropland, farmers may bid to enter filter strips, cropped wetlands, certain water bank program acres and cropland subject to scour erosion into the CRP. Bringing these acres into the program will produce more environmental benefits.
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