The program focuses on enrolling land that will yield the highest environmental benefits when taken out of production. Less erodible land better suited for planting crops may be allowed to return to production as contracts expire. Under CRP, the FSA will cost-share with landowners to implement an approved conservation plan and pay landowners annual rental payments for 10 to 15 years to maintain those practices. To be eligible, landowners must have owned their land for at least one year. Eligible lands must have been planted or considered planted to a commodity crop two years out of the five most recent years and must be physically and legally capable of being cropped.
New enrolments can replace expired or terminated contracts.
Contracts must have been in effect for at least five years. Lands with high environmental values are not eligible for early release. Gives the Secretary of Agriculture discretionary authority to offer future early outs for CRP acres. For More Information Additional information is available from NRCS, Farm Service Agency, the Cooperative Extension Service, state forestry agencies, Forest Service or your local conservation district. You are entering an Official United States Government System, which may be used only for authorized purposes.