USDA accepted offers on 1.28 million acres of land to be enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands program, 68% of the 1.88 million acres offered for enrollment.
Three states had 100,000 acres or more accepted – South Dakota (377,774 acres), Nebraska (298,890 acres) and Montana (174,314 acres). Contracts under the CRP Grassland enrollment start October 1, 2020.
The 2018 Farm Bill set aside no fewer than 2 million acres for CRP Grassland and the agency said that as of October 1, there will be 2.1 million acres enrolled in the effort.
There are currently 21.9 million acres enrolled in CRP with contracts on 5.36 million acres set to expire September 30. Earlier this year, USDA accepted offers on 3.4 million acres of ground via a General CRP signup, with contracts starting October 1, 2020.
Enrollment under the continuous signup in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 opened December 9 and runs through August 21.
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