By 12/9/2020 USDA is increasing incentive payments to farmers for practices installed on land enrolled in the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program. The Farm Service Agency is upping the Practice Incentive payment for installing practices, from 5% to 20%. Producers will also receive a 10% incentive payment for water quality practices on land enrolled in CRP’s continuous sign-up. The CRP program is administered by FSA on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation. “The Conservation Reserve Program provides agricultural producers and landowners with a tool to conserve natural resources on their land that is less suitable for farming,” says FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce. “We offer a number of CRP initiatives, including continuous CRP, which greatly benefits natural resources like water. Increasing the incentive payment gives farmers even more reason to participate in continuous CRP, one of our nation’s largest conservation endeavors.”