Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation. Additionally, USDA is announcing investments in partnerships to increase climate-smart agriculture, including $330 million in 85 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) projects and $25 million for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials. Secretary Vilsack made the announcement at the White House National Climate Task Force meeting to demonstrate USDA’s commitment to putting American agriculture and forestry at the center of climate-smart solutions to address climate change.
The Biden-Harris Administration is working to leverage USDA conservation programs for climate mitigation, including continuing to invest in innovation partnership programs like RCPP and On-Farm Trials as well as strengthening programs like CRP to enhance their impa
AJ Taylor4 hours agoLast Updated: April 22, 2021
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation. Additionally, USDA is announcing investments in partnerships to increase climate-smart agriculture, including $330 million in 85 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) projects and $25 million for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials. Secretary Vilsack made the announcement today at the White House National Climate Task Force meeting to demonstrate USDA’s commitment to putting American agriculture and forestry at the center of climate-smart solutions to address climate change.
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(SPRINGFIELD) USDA has opened Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment with higher payment rates and new incentives. In addition, USDA announced .
Farmers concerned with soil health turn to cover crops
Kevin Bessler The Center Square
April 23, 2021
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Rye is commonly used as a cover crop on corn fields.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFPShow MoreShow Less
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Farmer Dave Burrier steers his tractor through a field following a GPS map as he tries to plant as much corn as possible amid the yellow and green rye covering the ground.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFPShow MoreShow Less
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In an effort to improve soil and water health, while preventing soil erosion, Illinois farmers are exploring the benefits of cover crops.
Cover crops are plants that are cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested. The crops manage soil erosion and fertility, water quality, weeds pests, wildlife in an agroecosystem, an ecological system managed and shaped by humans.