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Contact: Derryl McLaren, State Executive Director

515-254-1540 Ext. 480

Mike Musel Ext. 440

bruce.cordes@ia.usda.gov

**USDA EXTENDS EMERGENCY GRAZING ON CRP ACRES IN IOWA UNTIL OCTOBER 20,
2006**

Des Moines, Iowa -- September 28, 2006: Iowa livestock producers,
approved for emergency grazing, may continue to graze on Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) acres until October 20, 2006. Derryl McLaren,
State Executive Director for the Iowa USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)
announced the extension was approved by the FSA State Committee with the
support of the Natural Resources Conservation Service State Technical
Committee.

 

USDA Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns had announced that an
extension would be allowed, with state approval, in 30 states that had
been granted emergency livestock grazing on CRP. McLaren reminds
producers that this extension does not include emergency haying, which
ends on September 30, 2006.

 

This emergency relief measure is good news for livestock producers, said
McLaren. It will provide feed and forage to producers who have lost hay
stocks and grazing lands because of drought. The extension will reduce
some of the grazing pressure on pasture and provide an opportunity for
recovery.

CRP rental payments will be reduced by only 10 percent instead of the
standard 25 percent on CRP lands that are grazed in 2006 under the
emergency provisions. Farmers and ranchers can graze no more than 75
percent of the stocking rate or only graze 75 percent of a field or
contiguous field for wildlife habitat. CRP participants must have or
obtain a modified conservation plan approved by the FSA County
Committee. The 10% payment reduction will apply to producers who
utilized emergency haying as well as any Iowa producers who applied for
managed haying or grazing. This reduction in the cost of managed haying
or grazing is made possible because all Iowa counties fall within the
150 mile "expanded area" for emergency haying or grazing.

 

For more information about USDA disaster assistance, visit the Farm
Service Agency at your local USDA Service Center or online at:
http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.

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