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Diverse plant communities attract many species of prairie wildlife in acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Additional 4 million acres targeted with higher rental rates and climate incentive payments.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced several changes to the Conservation Reserve Program to incentivize participation, including adjusting rental rates with a focus on highly erodible lands and introducing a variety of incentive payments, including a climate incentive payment.
Vilsack previously discussed how CRP participation was lacking from the funding allocated under the last farm bill. He hopes to bridge that shortfall by enrolling up to 4 million new acres in CRP by raising rental payment rates and expanding the number of incentivized environmental practices allowed under the program.
USDA also announces investments in partner programs to support climate-smart policies
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WASHINGTON Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today, April 21, that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program 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.
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Plains Cotton Growers seminar to focus on available 2021 crop insurance products and how they can complement or be substituted for other USDA program options. Shawn Wade to introduce growers to new crop insurance products, discuss existing policies.
Plains Cotton Growers (PCG) will host a virtual information session for producers, Feb. 16, 2021, about options available through the Federal Crop Insurance Program for the 2021 growing season.
The purpose of the seminar is to acquaint producers with the wide variety of existing and new crop insurance products offered. How those products complement, or in some instances, can be substituted for other USDA program options, will also be reviewed, according to a recent press release.