Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment Opens

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for both the General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through June 6, 2025. CRP provides financial and technical support to agricultural producers and landowners who place unproductive or marginal cropland under contract for 10 to 15 years and who agree to voluntarily convert the land to beneficial vegetative cover to improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and support wildlife habitat. Agricultural producers and landowners submit offers for General CRP through a competitive bid process. Offers are ranked and scored, by FSA, using nationally established environmental benefits criteria. By contrast, Continuous CRP offers are not subject to a competitive bid process but are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until the statutory cap of 27 million acres is reached. FSA will announce dates for Grassland CRP signup in the near future. Landowners with acres enrolled in CRP set to expire September 30, 2025, can also offer acres for re-enrollment now.