All Entries Tagged With: "CRP"
Legal Battle Developing Over Federal Laws and Lesser Prairie Chicken
The economic ramifications from the presence of the Lesser Prairie Chicken in Prowers County and almost 90 other counties in five southwest states are diverse. Representatives from the Prowers Conservation District and Kansas and Colorado Farm Bureaus are fearful that the potential overreach of the federal Endangered Species Act as it applies to wildlife, plant […]
USDA Continues Assistance to Drought Stricken Ranchers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2013 – As severe drought conditions persist in certain regions throughout the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia today announced temporary assistance to livestock producers through FSA’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Under limited conditions, farmers and ranchers affected by drought will be allowed […]
CO. FSA Announces Continuous Sign-up for CRP Highly Erodible Land Initiative
(Denver, Colorado)– July 27, 2012 — USDA Colorado Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, Trudy Kareus announced that continuous sign-up for the Highly Erodible Land (HEL) Initiative under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) started on July 23, 2012. Colorado received a total allocation of 22,800 acres to enroll in the HEL CRP program. Offers […]
Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers Mix Business & Pleasure at Annual Meeting
Kaye Kasza of McClave was honored during the annual Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers Association banquet, Saturday, April 2 at Thyme Square in La Junta. Kasza, a beef advocate and extension agent, was selected as the association’s prestigious Honorary Lifetime Member recipient. She was born and raised on the family ranch in Baca County. She […]
Lamar Hosting Workshop for Returning CRP to Production
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was established under Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 to control soil erosion and loss of productivity. The program has been credited with substantial reduction in wind and water erosion of marginal croplands. About 18.4 million acres of CRP contracts across the USA are expiring before 2012. […]